Kai-Uwe von Hassel

Kai-Uwe von Hassel
von Hassel in 1966
President of the Bundestag
In office 5 February 1969 – 13 December 1972
Preceded by	Eugen Gerstenmaier
Succeeded by	Annemarie Renger
Minister for Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims
In office 1 December 1966 – 5 February 1969
Chancellor	Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Preceded by	Johann Baptist Gradl
Succeeded by	Heinrich Windelen
Minister of Defence
In office 9 January 1963 – 1 December 1966
Chancellor	Konrad Adenauer Ludwig Erhard
Preceded by	Franz Josef Strauß
Succeeded by	Gerhard Schröder
Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein
In office 11 October 1954 – 7 January 1963
Deputy	Hans-Adolf Asbach Carl-Anton Schaefer Bernhard Leverenz Helmut Lemke
Preceded by	Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke
Succeeded by	Helmut Lemke
President of the Bundesrat
In office 7 September 1955 – 6 September 1956
First Vice President	Peter Altmeier
Preceded by	Peter Altmeier
Succeeded by	Kurt Sieveking
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Bundestag for Schleswig-Holstein In office 19 October 1965 – 4 November 1980 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Kurt Leuschner Constituency Steinburg – Dithmarschen Süd In office 6 October 1953 – 4 November 1954 Preceded by Johannes Hagge Succeeded by Heinrich Reichold Constituency Schleswig – Eckernförde Member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein In office 27 October 1958 – 2 October 1965 Preceded by Hanno Schmidt Succeeded by Hans Alwin Ketels Constituency Flensburg-West In office 11 October 1954 – 27 October 1958 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Jürgen Thee Constituency Schleswig In office 7 August 1950 – 11 October 1954 Preceded by Peter Jensen Succeeded by Peter Jensen Constituency Flensburg-Land-West
Personal details
Born	(1913-04-21)21 April 1913 Gare, German East Africa, German Empire (now Tanga Region, Tanzania)
Died	8 May 1997(1997-05-08) (aged 84) Aachen, Germany
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (1946–1997)
Children	3

Kai-Uwe von Hassel (21 April 1913 – 8 May 1997) was a German politician from Schleswig-Holstein associated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein from 1954 to 1963, as Federal Minister of Defence from 1963 to 1966, and as Federal Minister for Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims from 1966 to 1969. From 1969 to 1972 he was the fourth president of the Bundestag.