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member of the German Bundestag (1980–1981); member of the German Bundestag (1976–1980); member of the German Bundestag (1972–1976); member of the German Bundestag (1969–1972)."},{"q":"Where did Klaus von Dohnanyi study?","a":"Klaus von Dohnanyi was educated at Columbia University, Yale University, Thomasschule zu Leipzig."}],"related":[{"name":"Olaf Scholz","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/olaf-scholz"},{"name":"Ole von Beust","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ole-von-beust"},{"name":"Max Brauer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/max-brauer"},{"name":"Herbert Weichmann","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/herbert-weichmann"},{"name":"Ortwin Runde","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ortwin-runde"},{"name":"Henning Voscherau","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/henning-voscherau"},{"name":"Hans-Ulrich Klose","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hans-ulrich-klose"},{"name":"Gregor Gysi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gregor-gysi"},{"name":"Adolf Spies von Büllesheim","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adolf-spies-von-bullesheim"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/klaus-von-dohnanyi-352fdd4717.jpg","width":500,"height":750,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Superbass","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018-11-07-Klaus_von_Dohnanyi-Maischberger-1157.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Klaus von Dohnanyi","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_von_Dohnanyi","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q62673","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62673","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: 2018-11-07-Klaus von Dohnanyi-Maischberger-1157.jpg by Superbass (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018-11-07-Klaus_von_Dohnanyi-Maischberger-1157.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Klaus von Dohnanyi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: 2018-11-07-Klaus von Dohnanyi-Maischberger-1157.jpg — Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Klaus von Dohnanyi\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/klaus-von-dohnanyi. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T10:00:46Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/klaus-von-dohnanyi","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/klaus-von-dohnanyi","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/klaus-von-dohnanyi?lang=ne"}}