The 4th German Bundestag , the lower house of parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany , was elected on 17 September 1961 and existed between 17 October 1961 and 17 October 1965. It held a total of 198 parliamentary sessions, with the last one being held on 23 July 1965.
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On 7 November 1961 the Bundestag elected Konrad Adenauer as federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany on the first ballot with 258 yes votes, 206 no votes and 16 abstentions. After Adenauer resigned on 15 October 1963 Ludwig Erhard (CDU ) was elected as his successor on 16 October 1963.
Robert Pferdmenges of the CDU served as Alterspräsident (Father of the House ), after Konrad Adneuauer (CDU) who should have had this role, had rejected it, because he considered it inappropriate for the incumbent federal chancellor to serve as Alterspräsident. He presided over the Konstituierende Sitzung [ de ] of the Bundestag, the first session of a new legislative Term, until Eugen Gerstenmeier was elected as President of the Bundestag.[1]
The Members of the Bundestag Carlo Schmid , Erwin Schoettle (both from the SPD ), Richard Jeager (CSU ) and Thomas Dehler (FDP ) were nominated to serve as vice-presidents of the Bundestag . All of the candidates except for Schoettle had held this office during the previous legislative term, the 3rd German Bundestag . Before the election arose a short discussion over the fact that the SPD parliamentary caucaus demanded to vice-presidents. All of the candidates were elected with a large majority in a non-secret ballot. All of the candidates participated in the election.[1]
Eugen Gerstenmaier was again elected president of the Bundestag with 463 yes votes, 36 abstensions and 5 invald votes. He was elected by a larger vote share than in 1957.[1]
Although the CDU/CSU lost their absolute majority , they still remained the largest party. They won a total of 242 seats as well as 9 non-voting delegates from West Berlin . The SPD increased their seats winning 190 and 13 non-voting delegates from West Berlin. It was the first time that the SPD did not nominate their chairman as Chancellor candidate. Instead they chose Willy Brandt who was Governing Mayor of Berlin at that time and who would later become the first SPD Chancellor in the Federal Republic of Germany. With 67 seats the FDP had also won more seats than they had won in the previous election .[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
This summary includes changes in the numbers of the three caucuses (CDU /CSU , SPD , FDP ):
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SPD
FDP
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1961
First meeting
242
190
67
499
20 September 1962
Wilhelm Gontrum leaves the CDU/CSU caucus and becomes unaffiliated
241
1
3 June 1964
Wolfgang Stammberger leaves the FDP caucus and become members of the SPD caucus
191
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A
Ernst Achenbach , FDP
Annemarie Ackermann , CDU (from 16 January 1965)
Konrad Adenauer , CDU
Eduard Adorno , CDU
Heinrich Aigner , CSU
Luise Albertz , SPD
Walter Althammer , CSU
Jakob Altmaier , SPD (until 8 February 1963)
Artur Anders , SPD (from 17 April 1963)
Walter Arendt , SPD
Josef Arndgen , CDU
Adolf Arndt , SPD
Gottfried Arnold , CDU
Helmut Artzinger , CDU
Albrecht Aschoff , FDP
Karl Atzenroth , FDP
Heinrich Auge , SPD
B
Fritz Baade , SPD
Harri Bading , SPD
Fritz Baier , CDU
Albert Baldauf , CDU
Siegfried Balke , CSU
Bernhard Balkenhol , CDU
Hans Bals , SPD
Willy Bartsch , SPD (from 23 October 1963)
Rainer Barzel , CDU
Hannsheinz Bauer , SPD
Josef Bauer , CSU
Willi Bäuerle , SPD (from 31 May 1963)
Bernhard Bauknecht , CDU
Rudolf Bäumer , SPD
Paul Bausch , CDU
Helmut Bazille , SPD
Karl Bechert , SPD
Curt Becker , CDU (from 11 June 1964)
Josef Becker , CDU
Walter Behrendt , SPD
Ernst Benda , CDU
August Berberich , CDU
Urich Berger , CDU (from 22 December 1964)
Margarete Berger-Heise , SPD
Karl Bergmann , SPD
Karl Wilhelm Berkhan , SPD
August Berlin , SPD
Anton Besold , CSU
Willi Beuster , SPD
Karl Bewerunge , CDU
Lucie Beyer , SPD
Hermann Biechele , CDU
Curt Biegler , SPD
Adolf Bieringer , CDU
Günter Biermann , SPD
Willi Birkelbach , SPD (until 30 September 1964)
Kurt Birrenbach , CDU
Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck , CDU
Peter Blachstein , SPD
Theodor Blank , CDU
Paul Bleiß , SPD
Hildegard Bleyler , CDU
Hans Blöcker , CDU
Irma Blohm , CDU
Erik Blumenfeld , CDU
Ernst von Bodelschwingh , CDU
Franz Böhm , CDU
Georg Böhme , CDU
Holger Börner , SPD
Peter Wilhelm Brand , CDU
Willy Brandt , SPD (until 27 December 1961)
Max Brauer , SPD
Aenne Brauksiepe , CDU
Josef Braun , SPD
Julyus Brecht , SPD (until 10 July 1962)
Heinz Brenck , CSU
Heinrich von Brentano , CDU (until 14 November 1964)
Wilhelm Brese , CDU
Valentin Brück , CDU
Eberhard Brünen , SPD
August Bruse , SPD (from 16 July 1962)
Gerd Bucerius , CDU (until 22 March 1962)
Ewald Bucher , FDP
Werner Buchstaller , SPD
Karl August Bühler , CDU
Richard Burckardt , FDP
Fritz Burgbacher , CDU
Alfred Burgemeister , CDU
Arthur Busch , SPD (from 26 January 1962)
Hermann Busse , FDP
Fritz Büttner , SPD
D
Rolf Dahlgrün , FDP
Werner Danz , FDP
Thomas Dehler , FDP
Heinrich Deist , SPD (until 7 March 1964)
Rembert van Delden , CDU
Volrad Deneke , FDP (from 26 July 1963)
Arved Deringer , CDU
Hans Dichgans , CDU
Hermann Diebäcker , CDU
Bruno Diekmann , SPD
Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus , FDP
Stefan Dittrich , CSU
Clara Döhring , SPD
Werner Dollinger , CSU
Wilhelm Dopatka , SPD
Wolfgang Döring , FDP (until 17 January 1963)
Wolfram Dörinkel , FDP
Wolfram Dorn , FDP
Hans Drachsler , CSU
Heinrich Draeger , CDU
August Dresbach , CDU
Wilhelm Dröscher , SPD
Hermann Dürr , FDP
E
Walter Eckhardt , CSU (from 21 July 1964)
Josef Effertz , FDP
Georg Ehnes , CSU
Hermann Ehren , CDU (from 4 October 1962 until 30 November 1964)
Ernst Theodor Eichelbaum , CDU
Elfriede Eilers , SPD
Otto Eisenmann , FDP
Alexander Elbrächter , CDU
Ilse Elsner , SPD
Hans Georg Emde , FDP
Ernst Engelbrecht-Greve , CDU (until 7 December 1962)
Margarete Engländer , CDU (from 1 August 1962)
Erhard Eppler , SPD
Ludwig Erhard , CDU
Fritz Erler , SPD
Josef Ertl , FDP
Fritz Eschmann , SPD
Franz Etzel , CDU
Johannes Even , CDU (until 24 November 1964)
Bert Even , CDU
Karl-Heinz Exner , CDU (from 30 November 1964)
F
Franz Falke , CDU
Walter Faller , SPD
Josef Felder , SPD
Werner Figgen , SPD
Hermann Finckh , CDU (until 28 April 1962)
Gerhard Flämig , SPD (from 15 February 1963)
Hedi Flitz , FDP
Erwin Folger , SPD
Egon Franke , SPD
Ludwig Franz , CSU
Jakob Franzen , CDU (until 8 October 1965)
Günter Frede , SPD
Heinz Frehsee , SPD
Martin Frey , CDU
Brigitte Freyh , SPD (from 22 December 1961)
Ferdinand Friedensburg , CDU
Walter Fritsch , SPD
Gerhard Fritz , CDU (until 5 January 1965)
Liselotte Funcke , FDP
Friedrich Funk , CSU (until 5 August 1963)
Hans Furler , CDU
G
Walter Gaßmann , CDU
Gustav-Adolf Gedat , CDU
Albrecht Gehring , CDU
Helmut Geiger , CSU (from 8 June 1965)
Hans Geiger , SPD
Ingeborg Geisendörfer , CSU
Horst Gerlach , SPD
Walter Richard Gerlich , CDU (from 24 August 1963)
Heinrich Gerns , CDU (until 20 August 1963)
Eugen Gerstenmaier , CDU
Heinrich Gewandt , CDU
Paul Gibbert , CDU
Christian Giencke , CDU
Franz Gleissner , CSU
Eugen Glombig , SPD (from 25 January 1962)
Hermann Glüsing , CDU
Wilhelm Goldhagen , CDU (until 7 January 1964)
Wilhelm Gontrum , Other
Karl Gossel , CDU
Leo Gottesleben , CDU
Hermann Götz , CDU
Johann Baptist Gradl , CDU
Annemarie Griesinger , CDU (from 23 November 1964)
Kurt Gscheidle , SPD
Max Güde , CDU
Bernhard Günther , CDU
Karl Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg , CSU
H
Hermann Haage , SPD
Centa Haas , CSU (from 9 August 1963)
Detlef Haase , SPD (from 10 November 1961)
Lothar Haase , CDU
Marlis Gräfin vom Hagen , CDU (from 20 January 1964)
Wilhelm Hahn , CDU (from 9 May 1962 until 16 November 1964)
Karl Hahn , CDU
Heinrich Hamacher , SPD
Ludwig Hamm , FDP
Walter Hammersen , FDP
Fritz von Haniel-Niethammer , CSU
Hermann Hansing , SPD
Walter Harm , SPD (until 10 August 1964)
Johann Harnischfeger , CDU
Kurt Härzschel , CDU (from 28 October 1963)
Herbert Hauffe , SPD
Hugo Hauser , CDU
Erwin Häussler , CDU (from 20 April 1964)
Bruno Heck , CDU
Johann Karl Heide , SPD
Rudolf-Ernst Heiland , SPD (until 6 May 1965)
Gustav Heinemann , SPD
Martin Heix , CDU
Josef Hellenbrock , SPD
Walther Hellige , FDP
Hermann Herberts , SPD (from 12 March 1964)
Luise Herklotz , SPD
Hans Hermsdorf , SPD
Karl Herold , SPD
Carl Hesberg , CDU
Clemens Hesemann , CDU
Hedda Heuser , FDP (from 6 December 1962)
Anton Hilbert , CDU
Martin Hirsch , SPD
Hermann Höcherl , CSU
Josef Höchst , CDU
Wilhelm Hoegner , SPD (until 4 January 1962)
Heinrich Höfler , CDU (until 21 October 1963)
Egon Höhmann , SPD
Franz Höhne , SPD
Heinrich Holkenbrink , CDU
Matthias Hoogen , CDU (until 11 December 1964)
Fritz Wilhelm Hörauf , SPD
Hans Hörmann , SPD
Peter Horn , CDU
Heinrich Hörnemann , CDU
Alex Hösl , CSU
Viktor Hoven , FDP
Elinor Hubert , SPD
Klaus Hübner , SPD (from 13 May 1965)
Karl Hübner , CDU
Josef Hufnagel , SPD
Rudolf Hussong , SPD
Eugen Huthmacher , CDU (until 13 February 1962)
Lambert Huys , CDU
I
Joseph Illerhaus , CDU
Wolfgang Imle , FDP
Hans Iven , SPD
J
Maria Jacobi , CDU
Werner Jacobi , SPD
Peter Jacobs , SPD
Richard Jaeger , CSU
Gerhard Jahn , SPD
Wenzel Jaksch , SPD
Johann Peter Josten , CDU
Hans-Jürgen Junghans , SPD
Gerhard Jungmann , CDU
Heinrich Junker , SPD
Nikolaus Jürgensen , SPD
K
Rudolf Kaffka , SPD
Georg Kahn-Ackermann , SPD (from 10 January 1962)
Hellmut Kalbitzer , SPD
Margot Kalinke , CDU
Karl Kanka , CDU
Hans Katzer , CDU
Irma Keilhack , SPD (until 19 January 1962)
Ernst Keller , FDP (until 21 July 1963)
Emil Kemmer , CSU (until 7 October 1964)
Friedrich Kempfler , CSU
Alma Kettig , SPD
Emilie Kiep-Altenloh , FDP
Arthur Killat , SPD
Liesel Kipp-Kaule , SPD
Marie-Elisabeth Klee , CDU
Günter Klein , SPD (until 22 October 1963)
Johann Klein , CDU
Ingeborg Kleinert , SPD (from 13 November 1964)
Georg Kliesing , CDU
Hans-Jürgen Klinker , CDU (from 10 December 1962)
Ludwig Knobloch , CDU
Friedrich Knorr , CSU
Gerhard Koch , SPD
Jakob Koenen , SPD
Richard Kohlberger , SPD
Oswald Adolph Kohut , FDP
Willy Könen , SPD
Hermann Kopf , CDU
Lisa Korspeter , SPD
Edith Krappe , SPD
Friedrich Kraus , SPD
Reinhold Kreitmeyer , FDP
Gerhard Kreyssig , SPD
Herbert Kriedemann , SPD
Heinrich Krone , CDU
Georg Krug , CSU
Hans Krüger , CDU
Ewald Krümmer , FDP (from 24 January 1963)
Werner Kubitza , FDP
Paul Kübler , SPD
Edeltraud Kuchtner , CSU
Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm , FDP
Walther Kühn , FDP (until 4 December 1962)
Heinz Kühn , SPD (until 9 April 1963)
Friedrich Kühn , CDU
Alwin Kulawig , SPD
Ernst Kuntscher , CDU
Georg Kurlbaum , SPD
Josef Kurtz , CDU (from 12 October 1964)
L
Georg Lang , CSU (until 1 June 1965)
Erwin Lange , SPD
Walter Langebeck , SPD
Hans Lautenschlager , SPD
Georg Leber , SPD
Albert Leicht , CDU
Ernst Lemmer , CDU
Karl Heinz Lemmrich , CSU
Hubert Lemper , SPD
Aloys Lenz , CDU
Hans Lenz , FDP
Werner Lenz , SPD
Franz Lenze , CDU
Gottfried Leonhard , CDU
Josef Lermer , CSU (until 15 July 1964)
Edmund Leukert , CSU (from 27 June 1962)
Harry Liehr , SPD (from 11 January 1962)
Karl Löbe , FDP
Fritz Logemann , FDP
Ulrich Lohmar , SPD
Walter Löhr , CDU
Dora Lösche , SPD (from 18 April 1963)
Johannes Lücke , SPD
Paul Lücke , CDU
Hans August Lücker , CSU
Manfred Luda , CDU
Adolf Ludwig , SPD (from 6 January 1962 until 18 February 1962)
Karl-Heinz Lünenstraß , SPD (until 16 May 1963)
M
Ernst Majonica , CDU
Konrad Mälzig , FDP
Georg Baron Manteuffel-Szoege , CSU (until 8 June 1962)
Robert Margulies , FDP (until 27 August 1964)
Werner Marquardt , SPD
Berthold Martin , CDU
Franz Marx , SPD
Hans Matthöfer , SPD
Kurt Mattick , SPD
Oskar Matzner , SPD
Eugen Maucher , CDU
Adolf Mauk , FDP
Agnes Katharina Maxsein , CDU
Wilhelm Maybaum , SPD (from 22 May 1963)
Josef Mayer , CDU
Hedwig Meermann , SPD
Hans Meis , CDU
Linus Memmel , CSU
Erich Mende , FDP
Theodor Mengelkamp , CDU
Josef Menke , CDU
Alexander Menne , FDP
Walter Menzel , SPD (until 24 September 1963)
Hans-Joachim von Merkatz , CDU
Hans Merten , SPD
Werner Mertes , FDP
Rudolf Metter , SPD
Ludwig Metzger , SPD
Philipp Meyer , CSU (until 29 January 1962)
Ernst Wilhelm Meyer , SPD
Erich Meyer , SPD
Wilhelm Michels , SPD
Josef Mick , CDU
Herwart Miessner , FDP
Wolfgang Mischnick , FDP
Artur Missbach , CDU
Karl Moersch , FDP (from 1 September 1964)
Alex Möller , SPD
Karl Mommer , SPD
Heinz Morgenstern , SPD
Klaus Freiherr von Mühlen , FDP
Adolf Müller , CDU
Hans Müller , SPD
Heinrich Müller , SPD
Johannes Müller , CDU
Josef Müller , CDU
Karl Müller , SPD
Willy Müller , SPD
Adolf Müller-Emmert , SPD
Ernst Müller-Hermann , CDU
Leonhard Murr , FDP
Franzjosef Müser , CDU
N
Peter Nellen , SPD
Kurt Neubauer , SPD (until 16 April 1963)
Erich Peter Neumann , CDU
Franz Neumann , SPD
Wilhelm Nieberg , CDU
Alois Niederalt , CSU
Uwe-Jens Nissen , SPD (until 1 October 1964)
P
Maria Pannhoff , CDU
Ernst Paul , SPD
Willi Peiter , SPD (from 22 February 1962)
Georg Peters , SPD
Walter Peters , FDP
Robert Pferdmenges , CDU (until 28 September 1962)
Walter Pflaumbaum , CDU
Gerhard Philipp , CDU
Elisabeth Pitz-Savelsberg , CDU
Arnold Poepke , CDU
Kurt Pohle , SPD (until 3 November 1961)
Hans-Jürgen Pohlenz , SPD (from 30 September 1963 until 10 June 1965)
Heinz Pöhler , SPD
Josef Porten , CDU
Konrad Porzner , SPD (from 21 May 1962)
Ludwig Preiß , CDU (from 24 November 1964)
Moritz-Ernst Priebe , SPD
Maria Probst , CSU
R
Willy Max Rademacher , FDP
August Ramminger , CSU
Egon Wilhelm Ramms , FDP
Will Rasner , CDU
Hans Rauhaus , CDU
Karl Ravens , SPD
Karl Regling , SPD
Luise Rehling , CDU (until 29 May 1964)
Reinhold Rehs , SPD
Gerhard Reichhardt , SPD (from 5 October 1964)
Martin Reichmann , FDP
Carl Reinhard , CDU
Gerhard Reischl , SPD
Wilhelm Reitz , SPD
Richard Reitzner , SPD (until 11 May 1962)
Annemarie Renger , SPD
Hans Richarts , CDU
Clemens Riedel , CDU
Karl Riegel , SPD
Walter Rieger , FDP
Fritz Rinderspacher , SPD
Heinrich Georg Ritzel , SPD
Carl Roesch , SPD
Helmut Rohde , SPD
Dietrich Rollmann , CDU
Josef Rommerskirchen , CDU
Josef Rösing , CDU (from 30 June 1965)
Kurt Ross , SPD (from 18 August 1964)
Margarete Rudoll , SPD
Thomas Ruf , CDU
Franz Ruland , CDU (from 19 February 1962 until 28 September 1964)
Wolfgang Rutschke , FDP
S
Heinrich Sander , FDP
Fritz Sänger , SPD
Karl-Heinz Saxowski , SPD
Friedrich Schäfer , SPD
Marta Schanzenbach , SPD
Walter Scheel , FDP
Ernst Schellenberg , SPD
Heinrich Scheppmann , CDU
Josef Scheuren , SPD
Albrecht Schlee , CSU (from 15 February 1963)
Josef Schlick , CDU
Helmut Schlüter , SPD (from 11 September 1964)
Carlo Schmid , SPD
Helmut Schmidt , SPD (until 19 January 1962)
Hansheinrich Schmidt , FDP
Hermann Schmidt , SPD
Horst Schmidt , SPD
Martin Schmidt , SPD
Otto Schmidt , CDU
Walter Schmidt , SPD
Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen , SPD
Kurt Schmücker , CDU
Georg Schneider [ de ] , CDU (from 27 March 1962)
Heinrich Schneider , FDP
Erwin Schoettle , SPD
Kurt Schröder , SPD (until 6 September 1964)
Gerhard Schröder , CDU
Christa Schroeder , CDU
Georg Schulhoff , CDU
Fritz-Rudolf Schultz , FDP
Klaus Schütz , SPD (until 9 January 1962)
Hans Schütz , CSU (until 5 February 1963)
Wolfgang Schwabe , SPD
Werner Schwarz , CDU
Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt , CDU
Hermann Schwörer , CDU
Hans-Christoph Seebohm , CDU
Roland Seffrin , CDU
Philipp Seibert , SPD
Max Seidel , SPD
Franz Seidl , CSU
Hans Stefan Seifriz , SPD
Max Seither , SPD
Elfriede Seppi , SPD
Günther Serres , CDU
Walter Seuffert , SPD
Franz Seume , SPD
J Hermann Siemer , CDU
Edmund Sinn , CDU
Friedrich Soetebier , FDP
Josef Spies , CSU
Kurt Spitzmüller , FDP
Wolfgang Stammberger , SPD
Heinz Starke , FDP
Robert Stauch , CDU
Josef Stecker , CDU
Gustav Stein , CDU
Fritz Steinhoff , SPD
Willy Steinmetz , CDU
Heinrich Stephan , SPD
Georg Stiller , CSU
Josef Stingl , CDU
Gerhard Stoltenberg , CDU
Maria Stommel , CDU (from 4 December 1964)
Heinrich Stooß , CDU
Anton Storch , CDU
Friedrich-Karl Storm , CDU
Franz Josef Strauß , CSU
Otto Striebeck , SPD
Käte Strobel , SPD
Alois Strohmayr , SPD
Detlef Struve , CDU
Richard Stücklen , CSU
Gustav Sühler , CSU
Ernst Supf , FDP
Adolf Süsterhenn , CDU
T
Richard Tamblé , SPD
Theodor Teriete , CDU
Hanns Theis , SPD
Peter Tobaben , CDU
Hans Toussaint , CDU
U
Franz Xaver Unertl , CSU
Wilhelm Urban , SPD
V
Franz Varelmann , CDU
Arnold Verhoeven , CDU
Elisabeth Vietje , CDU (until 2 May 1963)
Felix von Vittinghoff-Schell , CDU
Rudolf Vogel , CDU (until 15 April 1964)
Karl-Heinz Vogt , CSU
W
Gerhard Wacher , CSU (until 26 March 1963)
Gerold Wächter , FDP
Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner , SPD (until 19 December 1961)
Leo Wagner , CSU
Eduard Wahl , CDU
Fritz Walter , FDP
Helene Weber , CDU (until 25 July 1962)
Fritz Weber , FDP
Karl Weber , CDU
Heinz Wegener , SPD
Heinrich Wehking , CDU
Herbert Wehner , SPD
Franz Weigl , CSU
Otto Weinkamm , CSU
Paul Weinzierl , CSU
Erwin Welke , SPD
Hans Wellmann , SPD (from 1 January 1962)
Heinrich Welslau , SPD
Emmi Welter , CDU
Ernst Weltner , SPD
Helmut Wendelborn , CDU
Rudolf Werner , CDU
Helene Wessel , SPD
Karl Wienand , SPD
Karl Wieninger , CSU
Werner Wilhelm , SPD
Hans Wilhelmi , CDU
Friedrich Wilhelm Willeke , CDU (until 24 June 1965)
Heinrich Windelen , CDU
Bernhard Winkelheide , CDU
Friedrich Winter , CSU (from 2 February 1962)
Ladislaus Winterstein , SPD (from 26 October 1964 until 2 November 1964)
Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski , SPD
Franz Wittmann , CSU (from 26 October 1964)
Kurt Wittmer-Eigenbrodt , CDU
Karl Wittrock , SPD (until 8 May 1963)
Willi Wolf , SPD (from 19 December 1963)
Franz-Josef Wuermeling , CDU
Heinrich Wullenhaupt , CDU
Z
Erich Ziegler , CSU (from 1 April 1963)
Alois Zimmer , CDU
Else Zimmermann , SPD
Friedrich Zimmermann , CSU
Georg-August Zinn , SPD (until 13 December 1961)
Siegfried Zoglmann , FDP
Ernst Zühlke , SPD
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