A federal election was held in West Germany on 19 November 1972 to elect the members of the seventh Bundestag. In the first snap elections since the resumption of democratic elections in 1949, the Soc
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 M0130 303, Willy Brandt
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild F038035 0007, Wiesbaden, CDU Parteitag, Barzel
Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1989 047 20, Walter Scheel
Barzel in victory pose at a CDU election rally in Cologne
Rainer Barzel
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Rainer Candidus Barzel was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. He served as the eighth president of the Bundestag from 1983 to 1984.
1972 West German federal election
…against the de facto recognition of the Oder-Neisse line by the 1970 Treaty of Warsaw. On 27 April 1972 the opposition had tried to have CDU leader Rainer Barzel elected new chancellor in a constructive vote of no confidence, but Barzel surprisingly missed the majority of 249 by two votes. Rumours that at least…
Barzel in 1962