Heinz Kluncker (February 20, 1925 (

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ÖTV (''Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr'' Public service, transport and traffic) from 1964 to 1982. Kluncker was conscripted into the German Army in 1943. In 1944 he deserted in France and became prisoner of war. He returned to Germany in 1946. He was a member of the SPD (''Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands'' Social-democratic party of Germany) since 1946.

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