Ewald Schurer (15 April 1954 – 2 December 2017) was a German politician for the

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(SPD). At the time of death, he had been serving in the

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since 2005. He had previously served in the Bundestag from 1998 to 2002. He was elected to the local council of

Ebersberg Ebersberg is the seat of the similarly named Ebersberg '' Landkreis'' (district) in the Oberbayern ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative region) in Bavaria, southern Germany. The ''Ebersberger Forst'' (forest) is one of Germany’s largest conti ...

, Bavaria in 1984. A Roman Catholic, Schurer was married with four children. He ran unsuccessfully in

Erding – Ebersberg Erding – Ebersberg is an electoral constituency (German language, German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as cons ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

and

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

. Schurer died on 2 December 2017 at his home in Ebersberg, at the age of 63.

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1954 births 2017 deaths German Roman Catholics Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria People from Ebersberg (district) Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub