Regine Hildebrandt

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Regine Hildebrandt (April 26, 1941 - November 26, 2001), born as Regine Radischewski in Berlin, Germany, was a German biologist and politician (Social Democratic Party of Germany). She studied from 1959 to 1964 biology at Humboldt-Universität in Berlin.

In 1978 she was awarded a doctorate for research on medicines. This was completed while she was working for the pharmaceutical industry. She was then appointed to a leading position at the centre for the study of diabetics.^[1]

The summer of 1989 brought a dramatic change in her life when she, together with her husband, Jorg, was among the co-founders of Democracy Now, which sought an alliance of Christians and critical Marxists "to think about our future, to think about a society based on solidarity".^[2]

She was awarded the Fritz Bauer Prize in 2000. On her 60th birthday, she was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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She died at the age of 60 on November 26, 2001 in Berlin of breast cancer.

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