Martin Willich
German politician and judge
Martin Willich (24 April 1945 – 12 January 2026) was a German politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, he served in the Hamburg Parliament from 1974 to 1995.
Willich died in Hamburg on 12 January 2026, at the age of 80.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1535031. VIAF identifies the subject as 13507753. The Library of Congress control number is n80111309. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1945, 2026, 1974 and 1995.
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This entry incorporates text from “Martin Willich” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.