Bernd Otto Neumann (born 6 January 1942) is a former German

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and since 2014 president of the German Federal Film Board (FFA).

Biography

Neumann was born in Elbing,

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, now Elbląg,

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. Following the flight and expulsion of Germans after

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he found refuge in

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. Neumann studied from 1961 to 1966 at the

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and later he worked as teacher until 1971 in Bremen. Neumann is married and has two children. Since 1962, Neumann has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 1979 to 2008, he led the CDU in Bremen. He was a member of the

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from 1971 to 1987. Since 1987, Neumann has been a member of the

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. He served from 1991 to 1998 as Secretary of State in the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology. From November 2005 until December 2013, Neumann was the

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at the

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and Representative of the Federal Government for Culture. At the 2009 federal election, he unsuccessfully contested the Bremen II – Bremerhaven constituency, but was elected from the land list.

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Biography

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