Beatrix Philipp (''née'' Hellweg; 7 July 1945 – 1 May 2019) was a German politician for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She initially served on the city council of

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from 1975 to 1985 before becoming a member of the

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. In 1994, she was elected to the national

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, serving until 2013. Outside of politics, Philipp was a headmistress. Philipp was born in

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. She had two children and was a

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. She died in 2019, at the age of 73, in Düsseldorf.

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