Rainer Barzel

Rainer Candidus Barzel (* in / ().

It was of to to chairmen of the CDU/CSU Bundestag faction, of to 1973 of Federal leaders of the CDU, of to and from 1983 to President of the German federal daily.

Training and occupation

Barzel, in to the world had come, visited in the school. After it in the meantime for one year that Canisius Kolleg Berlin had visited, made he on a human High School. During the school time it engaged itself in the catholic youth federation "new Germany". Subsequently, it took from 1941 to as part, in the last war weeks he was Lufttatktiklehrer at the naval college in . it received those Golden front flight clip. Since was it First lieutenant to lake D. R. that .

After the war it completed of to a study that and that in . the first legal state examination and its took place to Dr. jur. with that Right philosopher Ernst von Hippel with the work The constitutional regulation of the fundamental rights and basic obligations of humans. He did without 2. and still 1949 stepped legal state examinations into the service of the country , where it in particular of the center politician Carl Spiecker one promoted. It was first in the North-Rhine/Westphalian agency with the economic council that in actively and became kommissarischer director/conductor of the agency of the country North Rhine-Westphalia with the federation in . Of to nahme it for North Rhine-Westphalia at the negotiations over those Montanbehoerde in Luxembourg part. he became an advisor and speech writer of the by North Rhine-Westphalia Karl Arnold (CDU). After Arnolds fall through SPD, FDP and it left itself and became full-time coworker of the CDU gives time off. Since he worked in a law office.

A party

In Barzels wrote book The mental bases of the parties clear sympathies for the reestablishment are that to recognize, he remains however first non-party. it was acting presidency member that CDU- it turned however to a clearly anti-socialist course and based also the "committee saves the liberty", left-wing intellectuals in styles the that McCarthyTime to the pillory placed. Barzel was selected into the Federal Administration of the CDU. There he tried the establishment of a "large Gegengewerkschaft" against that , for which it maintained however no support. Further right-conservative initiatives followed as for re-establishment that and to synchronising the elections of the federal parliament with the elections to the Bundestag (the respective election to the Bundestag result in the Land of the Federal Republic should be decisive for the mandate distribution in the federal state parliament). On the Federal Party Congress it demanded a Rekatholisierung of the CDU positions, which it in particular criticism from the north Germans CDU federations, in addition, from the Protestant areas in a memorandum brought in. On the Federal Party Congress it failed with a combat candidacy around the party presidency against Federal Chancellors Barzel collected those forces in the CDU around itself, the one pragmatically oriented line in relation to the new government represented and moved away thereby from its compromise-loose-conservative attitude again. It came thereby into sharp contrast to the chairman of the party and Exkanzler he was selected to the Federal leader of the CDU. Its been subject rival candidate was an Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, . To 9. May it withdrew from this office again.

Delegate

Of to was it . It followed first the group of employees in the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, left these however around 1959 again. Since autumn 1963 it led here the business of the chairman of the CDU gotten sick heavily- Heinrich of Brentano, to it after Brentanos death in December even to the leader of the parliamentary group one selected. In particular after the course into the opposition 1969 Barzel developed the Bundestag faction for the making and decision center of the CDU. There the parliamentary group to 8. May 1973 itself Barzels vote, the government bill for the entry of the Federal Republic of Germany to that United Nations to agree, did not withdraw he did not attach on the following day of its office as a leader of the parliamentary group and party.

until 1969 it was member of the man of confidence committee of the Bundestag for the branches of secret service (, Protection of the constitutionApparatus, WAD). it became member 2. Parliamentary committee of inquiry for the coordination of the branches of secret service of the FRG.

During the time that it belonged to the advocates of the . They found also support with large parts to that SPD, could not intersperse itself however altogether in the coalition.

Of to he was a chairman of the Wirtschaftsauschusses and of to chairmen of the Foreign committee the German federal daily.

To 1983 it became with 407 from 509 delivered voices to President of the German federal daily selected. Because of the reproach of entangling into those Repairing affair it stepped to 1984 back. Later it succeeded to prove to it however that it did not have to do anything with the repairing affair. During its term of office as a President of the Bundestag it led also the household commission of the Council of Elders.

Public offices

To it became as in of led destined, he was in his term of office a youngest Minister in the Federal Cabinet. With the change to Federal Chancellor those stressed FDP this Ministry for their chairman of the party from the Federal Government separated.

During the controversy over those East politics failed to the attempt of the CDU/CSU Bundestag faction, Rainer Barzel by constructional vote of no confidence in place of Willy Brandt to . The circumstances of this failure are not completely clarified until today (Stone he vienna and affair). It is considered however as probable that the GDRPublic security two CDU delegates captivated, who were then correct against Barzel. With the preferred following on it Election to the Bundestag 1972 if Barzel was candidate for the chancellorship of CDU and CSU, could not succeed however against Willy Brandt. Those SPD for the first time the strongest Bundestag faction placed and obtained it to today best result with elections to the Bundestag.

After that Turn in Bonn it became to 4. October 1982 as in of Federal Chancellor led Federal Government appoint. Already after the preferred Election to the Bundestag 1983 it separated to 1983 from the Federal Government again out, in order to take over the office of the President of the Bundestag.

Of to was Barzel of Federal Chancellor destined co-ordinator for French-German co-operation. Into the same function appointed it in April Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

Family

Rainer Barzel is married to third times. With his first Mrs. Kriemhild, who it 1948 before-light, he had a daughter Claudia, which deceased however to 1977. Kriemhield Barzel died 1980 after long illness. Later Barzel the later chairman that married three years World hunger assistance, Dr. Helga Henselder Barzel, however to 1995 with a car accident in the proximity of Solms ( Barzel lent 1984 those .

Publications

• The mental bases of the political parties. Bonn, Schwippert 1947
• Sovereignty and liberty. A disputation. Cologne, Pick 1950
• The German parties. Funds, Schaffrath 1952
• Karl Arnold. Foundation of Christian democratic policy in Germany. A documentation. Bonn, Berto 1960
• Investigations on the mental and social picture of the present and the future tasks of the CDU, Dortmmund 1962.
• Criteria of a German. Duesseldorf, Econ 1968
• It is not yet too late. Munich, Droemer Knaur 1976
• On the wire rope. Munich, Droemer Knaur 1978
• On the way - from where and where? Munich, Droemer Knaur 1982
• In the controversy and disputed. Notes to Konrad Adenauer, Ludwig Erhard and the east contracts. Berlin, Ullstein 1986
• Stories from the policy. Personal from my archives. Berlin, Ullstein 1987
• Final speech for Germany. Berlin, Ullstein 1988
• A daring life. Stuttgart, high home 2001, ISBN 3898500411

Literature

• Ludwig von Danwitz, A per pos Barzel. Political notes, Duesseldorf 1972.

See also: Cabinet Adenauer V, Cabinet Kohl I

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• Publication list, detailed interview with BR alpha

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