Rudolf Seiters
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Rudolf Seiters Bundesminister a. D. | |
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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 | Christian Democratic Union (1958–) | 13 October 1937
Children | 3 |
Residence | Papenburg |
Alma mater | University of Münster |
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Rudolf Seiters (born 13 October 1937 in
From 1989–1991, he was
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
As a representative
From 1969–2002, Seiters was a member of the German Parliament, the
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
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.