Barzel, Rainer

German politician (CDU)
Chancellor candidate of the CDU/CSU against Willy Brandt in 1972, important domestic policy opponent of the Ostpolitik

• 1924 born
• 1957-1987 Member of the Bundestag
• 1960-1973 Member of the CDU party executive committee
• 1962-1963 Federal Minister for Pan-German Affairs
• 1964-1973 Chairman of the CDU/CSU Bundestag fraction
• 1971-1973 Federal chairman of the CDU
• 1982-1983 Federal Minister for Intra-German Relations
• 1983-1984 President of the Bundestag
• 2006 died

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Biography
Foreign Minister and Federal Chancellor in Bonn 1967-1974 1970: 12 Aug 1972: 27 April, Aug, 19 Nov	Dedicated European and German Patriot 1983-1992 1989: 20 Jan

Politics Domestic and social policy 1969–1974

Sources/Videos Constructive vote of no confidence against Chancellor Brandt, 27 April 1972 Ratification of the Eastern Treaties in the Bundestag, May 1972