title: Erhard Eppler
text: Erhard Eppler (9 December 1926 – 19 October 2019) was a German Social Democratic politician. He was the founder of the GTZ. During most years between 1970 and 1991 Eppler belonged to the SPD's National Executive Committee. He also chaired an SPD commission on tax reform, and a commission for formulating the party's basic values.
  
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  1926 births
  2019 deaths
  German Lutherans
  Government ministers of Germany
  People from Ulm
  Politicians from Baden-Württemberg
  Politicians of the Social Democratic Party of Germany