Richard von Weizsäcker was born on April 15, 1920 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was married to Marianne von Kretschmann. He died on January 31, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.
President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. He is one of three presidents
(Theodor Heuss and Heinrich Lübke were the others) to have served two
terms.
Being Governing Mayor of West Berlin from 1981 to 1984, he received US President
Ronald Reagan in 1982.
Born to German diplomat Ernst von Weizsäcker and his wife Marianne von
Graevenitz, he has three siblings: Carl Friedrich, a noted philosopher,
Adelheid and Heinrich von Weizsäcker.
In 1985, he became the first West German head of state to visit Israel. In 1986, he became the first German to address a joint session of the UK parliament.
All of us, whether guilty or not, whether young or old, must accept the past. We are all affected by its consequences and liable for it. Anyone who closes his eyes to the past is blind to the present.