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Rudolf Seiters
Bundesminister a. D.
Rudolf Seiters Bundesminister a. D.
	Seiters in 1989
Vice President of the Bundestag; (on proposal of the CDU/CSU-group)
	In office; 26 October 1998 – 17 October 2002
President	Wolfgang Thierse
Preceded by	Michaela Geiger
Succeeded by	Norbert Lammert
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 26 November 1991 – 7 July 1993
Preceded by	Wolfgang Schäuble
Succeeded by	Manfred Kanther
Head of the Chancellery; Minister for Special Affairs
	In office; 21 April 1989 – 25 November 1991
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Preceded by	Wolfgang Schäuble
Succeeded by	Friedrich Bohl
Chief Whip of the CDU/CSU group; in the Bundestag
	In office; 15 November 1984 – 21 May 1989
Leader	Wolfgang Schäuble
Preceded by	Wolfgang Schäuble
Succeeded by	Friedrich Bohl
Whip of the CDU/CSU group; in the Bundestag
	In office; 14 October 1982 – 15 November 1984 Serving with Wolfgang Bötsch, Agnes Hürland-Büning
Leader	Alfred Dregger
Chief Whip	Wolfgang Schäuble
Preceded by	Wolfgang Schäuble; Wilhelm Rawe; Dorothee Wilms
Succeeded by	Friedrich Bohl
	In office; 9 November 1971 – 14 December 1976 Serving with Josef Rösing, Leo Wagner, Olaf Baron von Wrangel, Paul Röhner, Gerhard Reddemann, Paul Mikat, Philipp Jenninger
Leader	Karl Carstens; Helmut Kohl
Preceded by	Will Rasner
Succeeded by	Walter Wallmann
Member of the Bundestag ; for Unterems; (Emsland; 1969–1980)
	In office; 20 October 1969 – 17 October 2002
Preceded by	Josef Stecker
Succeeded by	Gitta Connemann
Personal details
Born	13 October 1937 (age 87); Osnabrück, Province of Hanover, Prussia, Nazi Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (1958–)
Children	3
Residence	Papenburg
Alma mater	University of Münster
Occupation	Politician; Lawyer; Civil Servant;

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Rudolf Seiters (born 13 October 1937 in Osnabrück) is a German politician of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) party.

From 1989–1991, he was Federal Minister for Special Affairs and the head of the Office of the German Chancellery. From 1991–1993, he was the Minister of the Interior. From 1998–2002, he was the Vice President of the German Bundestag, or Parliament. Since 2003, he has been the president of the German Red Cross.

Life and jobs

After graduating from the Gymnasium Carolinium in Osnabrück in 1959, Seiters graduated from the University of Münster with a degree in Jurisprudence, finishing his first examinations (roughly equivalent to bachelor's degree) in 1963, and his second examination (professional degree) in 1967. From 1968 to 1969, he was a legal assistant in the office of the Osnabrück Department of the Economy and Social Housing. Since November 2003, he has been the president of the German Red Cross.

He is married with three daughters and lives in Papenburg. In 2000, he was given an honorary doctorate from the Bundeswehr University Munich.

Party

Since 1958, he has been a member of the CDU. From 1963 until 1965, he was the Borough-president of the Osnabrück-Emsland chapter of the CDU youth organization Junge Union. Then, from 1965 to 1968, he was the president of the state chapter in Hannover and 1968–1971 of the newly founded Lower Saxony chapter. From 1967–1971, he was furthermore a member of the Federal Executive Board of the Junge Union and then from 1971–1973 a member of the Federal Managing Board of the CDU itself. From 1972 to 1998, he was deputy secretary of the CDU in Lower Saxony and from 1992–1998 also a member of the CDU National Executive Committee.

As a representative

From 1969–2002, Seiters was a member of the German Parliament, the Bundestag. Ih the years 1971–1976 and 1982–1984, he served as an executive officer (Geschäftsführer) of the CDU/CSU parliamentary fraction. From 1984 to 1989, he was the party fraction's Head Executive Officer. After the 1994 elections, he became the deputy chair of the fraction, a position he retained until 1998 when he became Vice President of the Bundestag.

Prague embassy negotiations

In 1989, thousands of East Germans took refuge the Prague embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany. Rudolf Seiters successfully negotiated with the East German government (DDR) the passage of the embassy refugees to the Federal Republic of Germany.^[1]

Cabinet posts

Seiters was named on 21 April 1989 as the Federal Minister for Special Affairs and the head of the Office of the German Chancellery. On 26 November 1991, he was appointed the Minister of the Interior. On 27 June 1993, in a German Police raid in the train station of the Mecklenburgian town of Bad Kleinen, both the wanted terrorist of the Red Army Faction (RAF), Wolfgang Grams, and a GSG 9 agent, Michael Newrzella, lost their lives. Seiters took responsibility for the raid and stepped down on 4 July 1993.

Cabinets

Seiters was a member of the Cabinet Kohl III and the Cabinet Kohl IV.

Awards

In 2008 Dr. Seiters received the Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt Human Rights Award endowed by Alexandra Hildebrandt. The award is given annually in recognition of extraordinary, non-violent commitment to human rights.^[2]

References

^ "Der zweite Mann". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2010.
^ "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - Internationaler Menschenrechtspreis 2008 für Rotkreuz-Präsident Seiters". Archived from the original on 2016-06-28. Retrieved 2016-06-28.

External links

Photo and short biography in German

[1] "Der zweite Mann". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2010.

[2] "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - Internationaler Menschenrechtspreis 2008 für Rotkreuz-Präsident Seiters". Archived from the original on 2016-06-28. Retrieved 2016-06-28.

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 | name = Rudolf Seiters
+| honorific-suffix    = Bundesminister a. D.<!-- Please do not remove it, it is currently his official title in Germany. -->
+| caption=Seiters in 1989
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+| birth_place = [[Osnabrück]], [[Province of Hanover]], [[Free State of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Nazi Germany]] {{small|(now Germany)}}
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+| occupation          = {{hlist|Politician|Lawyer|Civil Servant}}
+| children        = 3
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+| residence           = [[Papenburg]]
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+| office              = [[Presidium of the Bundestag|Vice President of the Bundestag]]<br />{{small|(on proposal of the CDU/CSU-group)}}
-| office2 = [[Chiefs of the Federal Chancellery|Chief of the Federal Chancellery]]<br />[[Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany|Federal Minister of Special Affairs]]
+| 1blankname        = {{nowrap|[[President of the Bundestag|President]]}}
-| term_start2 = 21 April 1989
+| 1namedata         = [[Wolfgang Thierse]]
-| term_end2 = 26 November 1991
+| term_start          = 26 October 1998
-| predecessor2 = [[Wolfgang Schäuble]]
+| term_end            = 17 October 2002
-| successor2 = [[Friedrich Bohl]]
+| predecessor         = Michaela Geiger
-| office = [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|Federal Minister of the Interior]]
+| successor           = [[Norbert Lammert]]
-| term_start = 26 November 1991
+| office1 = [[Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community|Minister of the Interior]]
-| term_end = 7 July 1993
+| term_start1 = 26 November 1991
-| predecessor = [[Wolfgang Schäuble]]
+| term_end1 = 7 July 1993
-| successor = [[Manfred Kanther]]
+| predecessor1 = [[Wolfgang Schäuble]]
+| successor1 = [[Manfred Kanther]]
+| office9             = [[Chiefs of the Federal Chancellery|Head of the Chancellery]]<br />[[Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany|Minister for Special Affairs]]
+| chancellor9             = [[Helmut Kohl]]
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+| term_end9             = 25 November 1991
+| predecessor9             = [[Wolfgang Schäuble]]
+| successor9             = [[Friedrich Bohl]]
+| office11             = [[Whip (politics)|Chief Whip]] of the [[CDU/CSU|CDU/CSU group]]<br />in the [[Bundestag]]
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+| term_end11           = 21 May 1989
+| leader11             = [[Wolfgang Schäuble]]
+| predecessor11        = Wolfgang Schäuble
+| successor11          = [[Friedrich Bohl]]
+| office12             = [[Whip (politics)|Whip]] of the [[CDU/CSU|CDU/CSU group]]<br />in the [[Bundestag]]
+| 1blankname12             = {{nowrap|[[Whip (politics)|Chief Whip]]}}
+| 1namedata12             = [[Wolfgang Schäuble]]
+| alongside12             = [[Wolfgang Bötsch]], Agnes Hürland-Büning
+| term_start12             = 14 October 1982
+| term_end12             = 15 November 1984
+| leader12             = [[Alfred Dregger]]
+| predecessor12             = [[Wolfgang Schäuble]]<br />Wilhelm Rawe<br />[[Dorothee Wilms]]
+| successor12             = [[Friedrich Bohl]]
+| alongside13             = Josef Rösing, [[Leo Wagner]], Olaf Baron von Wrangel, Paul Röhner, Gerhard Reddemann, [[Paul Mikat]], [[Philipp Jenninger]]
+| term_start13             = 9 November 1971
+| term_end13             = 14 December 1976
+| leader13             = [[Karl Carstens]]<br />[[Helmut Kohl]]
+| predecessor13             = Will Rasner
+| successor13             = [[Walter Wallmann]]
+| office14            = [[Member of the German Bundestag|Member]] of the [[Bundestag]] <br /> for [[Unterems (electoral district)|Unterems]]<br />{{small|(Emsland; 1969–1980)}}
+| term_start14        = [[1969 West German federal election|20 October 1969]]
+| term_end14          = [[2002 German federal election|17 October 2002]]
+| predecessor14       = Josef Stecker
+| successor14       = [[Gitta Connemann]]
 | spouse=
-| party= [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
-| occupation = legal assistant
 }}
-'''Rudolf Seiters''' (born 13 October 1937 in [[Osnabrück]]) is a [[Germany|German]] [[politician]] of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] (Christian Democratic Union) party.
+'''Rudolf Seiters''' (born 13 October 1937 in [[Osnabrück]]) is a German [[politician]] of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] (Christian Democratic Union) party.
-From 1989–1991, he was [[Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany|Federal Minister for Special Affairs]] and the Head of the Office of the [[German Chancellery]]. From 1991–1993, he was the [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|Minister of the Interior]]. From 1998–2002, he was the [[Vice President]] of the German [[Bundestag]], or Parliament. Since 2003, he has been the President of the [[German Red Cross]].
+From 1989–1991, he was [[Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany|Federal Minister for Special Affairs]] and the head of the Office of the [[German Chancellery]]. From 1991–1993, he was the [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|Minister of the Interior]]. From 1998–2002, he was the [[Vice President]] of the German [[Bundestag]], or Parliament. Since 2003, he has been the president of the [[German Red Cross]].
 ==Life and jobs==
-After graduating from the [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] Carolinium in Osnabrück in 1959, Seiters graduated from the [[University of Münster]] with a degree in [[Jurisprudence]], finishing his first examinations (roughly equivalent to [[bachelor's degree]]) in 1963, and his second examination ([[professional degree]]) in 1967. From 1968–1969, he was a legal assistant in the office of the Osnabrück Department of the Economy and Social Housing. Since November 2003, he has been the President of the German Red Cross.
+After graduating from the [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] Carolinium in Osnabrück in 1959, Seiters graduated from the [[University of Münster]] with a degree in [[Jurisprudence]], finishing his first examinations (roughly equivalent to [[bachelor's degree]]) in 1963, and his second examination ([[professional degree]]) in 1967. From 1968 to 1969, he was a legal assistant in the office of the Osnabrück Department of the Economy and Social Housing. Since November 2003, he has been the president of the German Red Cross.
 He is married with three daughters and lives in [[Papenburg]]. In 2000, he was given an honorary doctorate from the [[Bundeswehr University Munich]].
 ==Party==
-Since 1958, he has been a member of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]. From 1963 until 1965, he was the Borough-president of the Osnabrück-[[Emsland]] chapter of the CDU youth organization [[Junge Union]]. Then, from 1965–1968, he was the president of the state chapter in [[Hannover]] and from 1968–1971 of the newly founded [[Lower Saxony]] chapter. From 1967–1971, he was furthermore a member of the Federal Executive Board of the Junge Union and then from 1971–1973 a member of the Federal Managing Board of the CDU itself. From 1972–1998, he was deputy secretary of the CDU in Lower Saxony and from 1992–1998 also a member of the CDU National Executive Committee.
+Since 1958, he has been a member of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]. From 1963 until 1965, he was the Borough-president of the Osnabrück-[[Emsland]] chapter of the CDU youth organization [[Junge Union]]. Then, from 1965 to 1968, he was the president of the state chapter in [[Hannover]] and 1968–1971 of the newly founded [[Lower Saxony]] chapter. From 1967–1971, he was furthermore a member of the Federal Executive Board of the Junge Union and then from 1971–1973 a member of the Federal Managing Board of the CDU itself. From 1972 to 1998, he was deputy secretary of the CDU in Lower Saxony and from 1992–1998 also a member of the CDU National Executive Committee.
 ==As a representative==
-From 1969–2002, Seiters was a member of the German Parliament, the [[Bundestag]]. There, he served from 1971–1976 and from 1982–1984 as an Executive Officer (''Geschäftsführer'') of the CDU/[[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]] parliamentary fraction and from 1984–1989 he was the party fraction's Head Executive Officer. After the [[1994 German federal election|1994 elections]], he became the deputy Chair of the fraction, a position he retained until 1998 when he became Vice President of the Bundestag.
+From 1969–2002, Seiters was a member of the German Parliament, the [[Bundestag]]. Ih the years 1971–1976 and 1982–1984, he served  as an executive officer (''Geschäftsführer'') of the CDU/[[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]] parliamentary fraction. From 1984 to 1989, he was the party fraction's Head Executive Officer. After the [[1994 German federal election|1994 elections]], he became the deputy chair of the fraction, a position he retained until 1998 when he became Vice President of the Bundestag.
 ==Prague embassy negotiations==
@@ Line 43: / Line 82: @@
 ==Cabinet posts==
-Seiters was named on 21 April 1989 as the [[Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany|Federal Minister for Special Affairs]] and the Head of the Office of the [[German Chancellery]]. On 26 November 1991, he was appointed [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|the Minister of the Interior]]. On 27 June 1993, in a German Police raid in the train station of the [[Mecklenburg]]ian town of [[Bad Kleinen]], both the wanted terrorist of the [[Red Army Faction]] (RAF), [[Wolfgang Grams]], and a [[GSG 9]] agent, [[Michael Newrzella]], lost their lives. Seiters took responsibility for the raid and stepped down on 4 July 1993.
+Seiters was named on 21 April 1989 as the [[Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany|Federal Minister for Special Affairs]] and the head of the Office of the [[German Chancellery]]. On 26 November 1991, he was appointed [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|the Minister of the Interior]]. On 27 June 1993, in a German Police raid in the train station of the [[Mecklenburg]]ian town of [[Bad Kleinen]], both the wanted terrorist of the [[Red Army Faction]] (RAF), [[Wolfgang Grams]], and a [[GSG 9]] agent, [[Michael Newrzella]], lost their lives. Seiters took responsibility for the raid and stepped down on 4 July 1993.
 ==Cabinets==
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 ==Awards==
-* In 2008 Dr. Seiters received the Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt Human Rights Award endowed by [[Alexandra Hildebrandt]]. The award is given annually in recognition of extraordinary, non-violent commitment to human rights.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.drk.de/presse/aktuelle-pressemitteilungen/meldung/internationaler-menschenrechtspreis-2008-fuer-rotkreuz-praesident-seiters-1/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20160628124846/https://www.drk.de/presse/aktuelle-pressemitteilungen/meldung/internationaler-menschenrechtspreis-2008-fuer-rotkreuz-praesident-seiters-1/ |archive-date=2016-06-28 }}</ref>
+* In 2008 Dr. Seiters received the Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt Human Rights Award endowed by [[Alexandra Hildebrandt]]. The award is given annually in recognition of extraordinary, non-violent commitment to human rights.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.drk.de/presse/aktuelle-pressemitteilungen/meldung/internationaler-menschenrechtspreis-2008-fuer-rotkreuz-praesident-seiters-1/ |title=Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - Internationaler Menschenrechtspreis 2008 für Rotkreuz-Präsident Seiters |access-date=2016-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160628124846/https://www.drk.de/presse/aktuelle-pressemitteilungen/meldung/internationaler-menschenrechtspreis-2008-fuer-rotkreuz-praesident-seiters-1/ |archive-date=2016-06-28 }}</ref>
 == References ==
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-[[Category:Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians]]
 [[Category:German Red Cross personnel]]
-[[Category:German Roman Catholics]]
 [[Category:Government ministers of Germany]]
 [[Category:Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]]

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