Kai-Uwe von Hassel
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Kai-Uwe von Hassel was a German politician from Schleswig-Holstein associated with the Christian Democratic Union. He served as Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein from 1954 to 1963, as Federal M
von Hassel in 1966
Hassel and Adenauer during a 1960 party conference
Eugen Gerstenmaier
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Eugen Karl Albrecht Gerstenmaier was a German Protestant theologian, resistance fighter in the Third Reich, and a CDU politician. From 1954 to 1969, he served as the third president of the Bundestag.
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
…in the government, Hassel was president of the Bundestag from 5 February 1969 to 13 December 1972, having been elected when the previous president, Eugen Gerstenmaier, resigned during a financial scandal. In 1979, he was elected to the European Parliament and served for one term, retiring in 1984. He died aged 84…
"Langer Eugen" in Bonn, the former (until 1999) Bundestag members' office building.