Kai-Uwe von Hassel

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Kai-Uwe von Hassel (21 April 1913 - 8 May 1997) was a German politician from Schleswig-Holstein associated with the CDU party.

Hassel was born in Gare, German East Africa (current Tanzania).

In 1954-1963 he was Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein. From 1955-1956, he was President of the German Bundesrat. He was closely associated with Ludwig Erhard's two Chancellorships, serving as Minister of Defense from 16 October 1963 to 1 December 1966. He then served in Kurt Georg Kiesinger's Chancellorship from 1 December 1966 to 21 October 1969 as "Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees, and War Victims".

Following this ministership, he became president of the Bundestag from 5 February 1969 to 13 December 1972, after the previous president (Eugen Gerstenmaier) resigned amidst a financial scandal. He died aged 84 during the Charlemagne Award ceremony in the Aachen city hall in 1997.

[edit] Literature

Michael F. Feldkamp (ed.), Der Bundestagspräsident. Amt - Funktion - Person. 16. Wahlperiode, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-7892-8201-0

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Short biography

Preceded by Franz Josef Strauß	Federal Minister of Defence (Germany) 1963 – 1966	Succeeded by Gerhard Schröder

Persondata
NAME	von Hassel, Kai-Uwe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German politician
DATE OF BIRTH	21 April 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gare, German East Africa
DATE OF DEATH	8 May 1997
PLACE OF DEATH	Aachen, Germany

v • d • e Presidents of the Bundesrat (Federal Council)

Karl Arnold • Hans Ehard • Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf • Reinhold Maier • Georg August Zinn • Peter Altmeier • Kai-Uwe von Hassel • Kurt Sieveking • Willy Brandt • Wilhelm Kaisen • Franz-Josef Röder • Franz Meyers • Hans Ehard • Kurt Georg Kiesinger • Georg Diederichs • Georg August Zinn • Peter Altmeier • Helmut Lemke • Klaus Schütz • Herbert Weichmann • Franz-Josef Röder • Hans Koschnick • Heinz Kühn • Alfons Goppel • Hans Filbinger • Alfred Kubel • Albert Osswald • Bernhard Vogel • Gerhard Stoltenberg • Dietrich Stobbe • Hans-Ulrich Klose • Werner Zeyer • Hans Koschnick • Johannes Rau • Franz Josef Strauss • Lothar Späth • Ernst Albrecht • Holger Börner • Walter Wallmann • Bernhard Vogel • Björn Engholm • Walter Momper • Henning Voscherau • Alfred Gomolka • Berndt Seite • Oskar Lafontaine • Klaus Wedemeier • Johannes Rau • Edmund Stoiber • Erwin Teufel • Gerhard Schröder • Hans Eichel • Roland Koch • Kurt Biedenkopf • Kurt Beck • Klaus Wowereit • Wolfgang Böhmer • Dieter Althaus • Matthias Platzeck • Peter Harry Carstensen • Harald Ringstorff

v • d • e Presidents of the Bundestag

Erich Köhler • Hermann Ehlers • Eugen Gerstenmaier • Kai-Uwe von Hassel • Annemarie Renger • Karl Carstens • Richard Stücklen • Rainer Barzel • Philipp Jenninger • Rita Süssmuth • Wolfgang Thierse • Norbert Lammert

v • d • e Ministers-President of Schleswig-Holstein

Theodor Steltzer · Hermann Lüdemann · Bruno Diekmann · Walter Bartram · Friedrich-Wilhelm Lübke · Kai-Uwe von Hassel · Helmut Lemke · Gerhard Stoltenberg · Uwe Barschel · Henning Schwarz · Björn Engholm · Heide Simonis · Peter Harry Carstensen