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Dr. Botho Prinz zu Sayn Wittgenstein-Hohenstein<br />
1986-1995<br />
Dr. Botho Prinz zu Sayn Wittgenstein-Hohenstein served as a member of the Standing<br />
Commission between October 1986 and 1995, while being its Vice-Chairman from 1993 until<br />
1995. He first joined the Red Cross Movement in 1944 as a Volunteer at the district level. In<br />
1979, he became an elected Member of the National Committee of the German Red Cross<br />
and then in 1982 he was elected as President of the German Red Cross. Outside of<br />
Movement activities, Dr. Hohenstein was a Member of the German Cancer Relief Trust, the<br />
Mayor of Laasphe (1958-1968) and a Member of the German Sub-Committee on<br />
Humanitarian Aid (1968-1980). Dr. Wittgenstein-Hohenstein graduated with a degree in<br />
Medicine from the University of Marburg. He was awarded the Henry Dunant medal in 1995.<br />
He was born on February 16 th , 1927 in Eisenach, Germany and died on January 27 th , 2008 in<br />
Salzberg, Austria. 90<br />
90 Standing Commission<br />
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