Rudolf Seiters
| Rudolf Seiters | |
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| Head of the Bundeskanzleramt | |
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In office 21 April 1989 – 26 November 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Wolfgang Schäuble |
| Succeeded by | Friedrich Bohl |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 26 November 1991 – 7 July 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Wolfgang Schäuble |
| Succeeded by | Manfred Kanther |
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13 October 1937 Osnabrück |
| Political party | CDU |
| Occupation | legal assistant |
Rudolf Seiters (born 13 October 1937 in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony) is a German politician of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) party.
From 1989-1991, he was Federal Minister for Special Affairs and the Head of the Office of the German Chancellery. From 1991-1993, he was the Minister of the Interior. From 1998-2002, he was the Vice President of the German Bundestag, or Parliament. Since 2003, he has been the President of the German Red Cross.
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 1968-69, 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.
Since 1958, he has been a member of the CDU. From 1963 till 1965, he was the Borough-president of the Osnabrück-Emsland chapter of the CDU youth organization Junge Union. Then, from 1965–1968, he was the president of the state chapter in Hannover and from 1968-1971 of the newly founded Lower Saxony chapter. From 1967-1971, he was furthermore a member of the Federal Executive Board of the Junge Union and then from 1971-1973 a member of the Federal Managing Board of the CDU itself. From 1972-1998, he was deputy secretary of the CDU in Lower Saxony and from 1992-1998 also a member of the CDU National Executive Committee.
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