Elfie Wörner (31 July 1941 in

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– 4 July 2006 in

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) was a German journalist, humanitarian and the second wife of

Manfred Wörner Manfred Hermann Wörner (24 September 1934 – 13 August 1994) was a German politician and diplomat. He served as the defense minister of West Germany between 1982 and 1988. He then served as the seventh Secretary General of NATO from 1988 to ...

, who served as the

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. Elfie Wörner took part in numerous charitable and other non-governmental activities, and was the patron of the German Army Social Work Society, the Special Children in German Military Families, and the Manfred Wörner Foundation,Norbert Lossau: "Abschied von Elfie Wörner." ''

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'', 20 July 2006, no. 167, p. 27. and was a member of the advisory board of Hilfe für Bosnien-Herzegowina (Help for Bosnia and Herzegovina). She was bestowed with the ''Golden Award'' of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria and received the

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. The Elfie Wörner Foundation is named in her honour.

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People from Berlin Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1941 births Journalists from Berlin 2006 deaths {{Germany-activist-stub