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Rainer Barzel | |
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 Barzel in 1962 | |
| President of the Bundestag West Germany | |
| In office 29 March 1983 – 25 October 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Stücklen |
| Succeeded by | Philipp Jenninger |
| Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations | |
| In office 4 October 1982 – 29 March 1983 | |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Egon Franke |
| Succeeded by | Heinrich Windelen |
| 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 (aged 82) Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Spouses | Kriemhild Kölner
(m. 1948; died 1980)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.