In office 14 December 1962 – 11 October 1963 All-German Affairs
Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer
Preceded by
Ernst Lemmer
Succeeded by
Erich Mende
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
In office 5 October 1971 – 12 June 1973
General Secretary
Kurt Biedenkopf
Preceded by
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Succeeded by
Helmut Kohl
Leader of the CDU/CSU Group in the Bundestag
In office 1 December 1964 – 9 May 1973
First Deputy
Franz Josef Strauß Richard Stücklen
Preceded by
Heinrich von Brentano
Succeeded by
Karl Carstens
Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 4 November 1980 – 18 February 1987
Constituency
Party-list proportional representation
Member of the Bundestag for Paderborn – Wiedenbrück
In office 15 October 1957 – 4 November 1980
Preceded by
Maria Niggemeyer
Succeeded by
Heinrich Pohlmeier
Personal details
Born
Rainer Candidus Barzel
20 June 1924 Braunsberg, East Prussia, Germany (Weimar Republic)
Died
26 August 2006(2006-08-26) (aged 82) Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Political party
Christian Democratic Union
Spouses
Kriemhild Kölner
(m. 1948; died 1980)
Helga Henselder
(m. 1983; died 1995)
Ute Cremer
(m. 1997)
Children
1
Alma mater
University of Cologne
Rainer Candidus Barzel (20 June 1924 – 26 August 2006) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the eighth president of the Bundestag from 1983 to 1984.
Barzel had been the leader of his parliamentary group and a short time federal minister, before his party went into opposition in 1969. Subsequently, Barzel became chairman of the party. He tried to become federal chancellor via a constructive vote of no confidence 1972, being the first one in the Federal Republic to have tried so. He unexpectedly came two votes short. In the subsequent general elections of November 1972, he was the unsuccessful main candidate of the CDU/CSU. He lost his chairmanship the year after but remained an influential member of the parliament.
Rainer Candidus Barzel (20 June 1924 – 26 August 2006) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the eighth president...
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vote Chancellor Willy Brandt (SPD) out of office by opposition leader RainerBarzel (CDU) failed by only two votes. This came as a surprise since it was...
Kiesinger was succeeded as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union by RainerBarzel. In 1972 he held the main speech for justification to the constructive...
opposition had tried to have CDU leader RainerBarzel elected new chancellor in a motion of no confidence, but Barzel surprisingly missed the majority in...
remained chairman of the CDU until 1971, it was now parliamentary chairman RainerBarzel who led the opposition against the newly formed social-liberal coalition...
voted on three days later. In the event this motion passed, CDU leader RainerBarzel would have replaced Brandt as chancellor. On paper, the opposition now...
to power, calling a constructive vote of no confidence. CDU chairman RainerBarzel was almost certain to become the new Chancellor. But not all parliamentarians...
23 March 1966 Bundestag Leader Heinrich von Brentano Heinrich Krone RainerBarzel Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Ludwig Erhard President...
Democratic Union In office 23 March 1966 – 23 May 1967 Bundestag Leader- RainerBarzel Preceded by Konrad Adenauer Succeeded by Kurt Georg Kiesinger Vice-Chancellor...
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(1974–1978 Finance, 1978–1982 Defense) Walter Arendt, SPD Egon Bahr, SPD RainerBarzel, CDU (1962–1963 and 1982–1983 Inner-German affairs) Norbert Blüm, CDU...
1976 he was chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, succeeding RainerBarzel. During that time he was an outspoken critic of left-wing tendencies...
to lead his party into opposition. He was succeeded as chairman by RainerBarzel in 1971. However the Cabinet Brandt I could only rely on an absolute...
the Basic Treaty. In April 1972 it even seemed that opposition leader RainerBarzel had enough support to become the new Chancellor, but in the parliamentary...
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Untergang des Abendlandes) Ernst Tugendhat (1930–2023), philosopher RainerBarzel (1924–2006), leader of the party Christian Democratic Union of Germany...
German Jürgen Stange. The initially secret arrangement was revealed by RainerBarzel, the Federal Minister for All-German Affairs at the time, who wrote...
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