Kai-Uwe von Hassel

Kai-Uwe von Hassel
von Hassel in 1966
President of the Bundestag
In office
5 February 1969 – 13 December 1972
Preceded byEugen Gerstenmaier
Succeeded byAnnemarie Renger
Minister for Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims
In office
1 December 1966 – 5 February 1969
ChancellorKurt Georg Kiesinger
Preceded byJohann Baptist Gradl
Succeeded byHeinrich Windelen
Minister of Defence
In office
9 January 1963 – 1 December 1966
Chancellor
Preceded byFranz Josef Strauß
Succeeded byGerhard Schröder
Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
11 October 1954 – 7 January 1963
Deputy
  • Hans-Adolf Asbach
  • Carl-Anton Schaefer
  • Bernhard Leverenz
  • Helmut Lemke
Preceded byFriedrich Wilhelm Lübke
Succeeded byHelmut Lemke
President of the Bundesrat
In office
7 September 1955 – 6 September 1956
First Vice President
Preceded byPeter Altmeier
Succeeded byKurt Sieveking
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for Schleswig-Holstein
In office
19 October 1965 – 4 November 1980
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKurt Leuschner
ConstituencySteinburg – Dithmarschen Süd
In office
6 October 1953 – 4 November 1954
Preceded byJohannes Hagge
Succeeded byHeinrich Reichold
ConstituencySchleswig – Eckernförde
Member of the
Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
27 October 1958 – 2 October 1965
Preceded byHanno Schmidt
Succeeded byHans Alwin Ketels
ConstituencyFlensburg-West
In office
11 October 1954 – 27 October 1958
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJürgen Thee
ConstituencySchleswig
In office
7 August 1950 – 11 October 1954
Preceded byPeter Jensen
Succeeded byPeter Jensen
ConstituencyFlensburg-Land-West
Personal details
Born(1913-04-21)21 April 1913
Gare, German East Africa, German Empire (now Tanga Region, Tanzania)
Died8 May 1997(1997-05-08) (aged 84)
Aachen, Germany
Political partyChristian Democratic Union (1946–1997)
Children3

Kai-Uwe von Hassel (21 April 1913 – 8 May 1997) was a German politician from Schleswig-Holstein associated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein from 1954 to 1963, as Federal Minister of Defence from 1963 to 1966, and as Federal Minister for Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims from 1966 to 1969. From 1969 to 1972 he was the fourth president of the Bundestag.