German politician (1937–2023)
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Hans-Ulrich Klose |
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Klose in 1978 |
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Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee |
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In office 26 October 1998 – 17 October 2002 |
Deputy | Carl-Dieter Spranger |
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Preceded by | Karl-Heinz Hornhues |
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Succeeded by | Volker Rühe |
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Vice President of the Bundestag |
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In office 10 November 1994 – 26 October 1998 |
President | Rita Süssmuth |
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Preceded by | Renate Schmidt |
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Succeeded by | Anke Fuchs |
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Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag |
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In office 12 November 1991 – 10 November 1994 |
Chief Whip | Peter Struck |
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Preceded by | Hans-Jochen Vogel |
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Succeeded by | Rudolf Scharping |
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First Mayor of Hamburg |
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In office 12 November 1974 – 25 May 1981 |
President | Walter Scheel Karl Carstens |
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Chancellor | Helmut Schmidt |
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Second Mayor | Dieter Biallas Helga Elstner |
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Preceded by | Peter Schulz |
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Succeeded by | Klaus von Dohnanyi |
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Hamburg Senator for the Interior |
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In office 10 October 1973 – 12 November 1974 |
First Mayor | Peter Schulz |
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Preceded by | Heinz Ruhnau |
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Succeeded by | Werner Staak |
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Member of the Bundestag for Hamburg-Bergedorf-Harburg |
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In office 22 September 2002 – 22 September 2013 |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
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Succeeded by | Metin Hakverdi |
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Member of the Bundestag for Hamburg-Harburg |
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In office 6 March 1983 – 22 September 2002 |
Preceded by | Herbert Wehner |
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Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Personal details |
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Born | (1937-06-14)14 June 1937 Breslau, Germany |
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Died | 6 September 2023(2023-09-06) (aged 86) |
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Citizenship | German |
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Political party | SPD |
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Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
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Military service |
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Allegiance | Germany |
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Branch/service | Bundeswehr |
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Unit | Panzergrenadierbrigade 17 German Army (Heer) |
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Hans-Ulrich Klose (14 June 1937 – 6 September 2023) was a German politician from the Social Democratic Party and a member of the German Federal parliament (German: Bundestag). Klose was the First Mayor (German: Erster Bürgermeister) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 1974 up to 1981, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1979–80.
Early life
Klose was born in Breslau, Province of Lower Silesia (now Wrocław). After the end of World War II, Klose's family fled from Breslau and moved to Bielefeld. In 1957 he received his high-school diploma and started studying law at the universities of Freiburg and Hamburg. In 1961 he passed the First, in 1965 the Second Legal State Examination, and started working as a lawyer in Hamburg.
Political career
Career in state politics
After joining the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1964, Klose became a member of the Hamburg Parliament (Hamburgische Bürgerschaft) in 1970, where he was vice chairman of his faction. Two years later he became first chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. In October 1973, Klose succeeded Heinz Ruhnau as minister of the interior of Hamburg.[citation needed]
Only a year later, on 12 November 1974, Klose became First Mayor (Erster Bürgermeister) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg at the age of 37. At the time, he was widely regarded as a leading figure in the left wing of the party.[1] After a party internal argument about the construction of the Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant, he resigned from his office on 25 May 1981.[citation needed]
Member of the German Parliament, 1983–2013
In the 1983 elections, Klose was elected as a member of the German Parliament, the Bundestag, for the SPD. In this position, he succeeded Herbert Wehner. From 1987 to 1991 he was treasurer of his party (German: Bundesschatzmeister), serving as part of the party's national leadership under chairman Hans-Jochen Vogel.[citation needed]
From 1991 to 1994 Klose served as chairman of the SPD group in the Bundestag, and in this position also leader of the opposition; at the time, he was chosen over two better-known candidates.[2] In his role as opposition leader, he worked with his CDU/CSU counterpart Wolfgang Schäuble on establishing a majority for a landmark 1993 constitutional amendment on tightening the Germany's asylum law, barring entry to thousands of foreigners who arrive in the country each week to seek asylum.[3]
Ahead of the 1994 elections, SPD chairman Rudolf Scharping included Klose in his shadow cabinet for the party's campaign to unseat incumbent Helmut Kohl as Chancellor.[4] During the campaign, he served as shadow minister of defence. Following the party's defeat in the elections, Klose resigned from the group's leadership to make room for Scharping. Instead he was elected one of the vice presidents of the German Bundestag the same year.[citation needed]
In 1998 Klose became chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. From 2002, he served as its vice president, alongside chairman Ruprecht Polenz. From January 2003 Klose also chaired the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group. Within his parliamentary group, he served on its task force on Afghanistan and Pakistan between 2009 and 2013.[citation needed]
On 16 March 2010, Germany's Minister for Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle appointed Klose to succeed Karsten Voigt as the government's coordinator for German-American affairs, a rare case of a senior political appointment not being given to a member of the governing party.[5] He resigned from that position in 2011.[citation needed]
After leaving politics, Klose took up a position as senior advisor to the Robert Bosch Foundation.[citation needed]
Other activities
- CARE Deutschland-Luxemburg, Member of the Board of Trustees[6]
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), Member[7]
- Green Helmets, Member of the Board of Trustees[8]
- Otto von Bismarck Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees[9]
- Progressives Zentrum, Member of the Circle of Friends[10]
Recognition
In March 2013 the Congressional Study Group on Germany presented Klose with the inaugural International Statesmanship Award "for his longstanding service to strengthening the US-German relationship".[11]
Personal life and death
From 1992 Hans-Ulrich Klose was married to his third wife, a physician. He had two daughters and two sons from his first two marriages. He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on 6 September 2023, at the age of 86.[12]
Notes
- ^ WEST GERMAN PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS NATO PLAN ON MISSILE DEPLOYMENT New York Times, 27 May 1981.
- ^ Stephen Kinzer (15 December 1991), NEW LEADERS VIE TO SUCCEED KOHL New York Times.
- ^ Stephen Kinzer (27 May 1993), Bonn Parliament Votes Sharp Curb on Asylum Seekers New York Times.
- ^ Ferdinand Protzman (30 August 1994), German Opposition Names Shadow Cabinet in Hopes of Votes New York Times.
- ^ German MFA
- ^ Board of Trustees Archived 18 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine CARE Deutschland.
- ^ Members Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES).
- ^ Board of Trustees Green Helmets.
- ^ Board of Trustees
- ^ Circle of Friends Archived 7 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Progressives Zentrum.
- ^ "Hans-Ulrich Klose". Jewish Voice From Germany. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ Hamburgs ehemaliger Bürgermeister Klose gestorben (in German)
References
External links
- Hamburg portal
- Hans-Ulrich Klose in the German National Library catalogue
- Official site (in German)
- German Parliament site (in German)
- Personal data sheet
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