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Uwe Barschel

1944 - 1987

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Uwe Barschel (13 May 1944 – 11 October 1987) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein from 1982 to 1987. Barschel resigned as Minister-President shortly after he became embroiled in a scandal known as Waterkantgate for alleged spying on his Social Democrat rival during the 1987 state election. On 11 October 1987, nine days after his resignation, Barschel was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the Hotel Beau-Rivage in Geneva, Switzerland. While a police investigation concluded that Barschel had committed suicide, the circumstances of his death remain controversial. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Uwe Barschel is the 14,952nd most popular politician (down from 14,222nd in 2024), the 4,716th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,506th in 2019) and the 1,193rd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Uwe Barschel ranks 14,952 out of 19,576. Before him are Akie Abe, Job Cohen, Eva Kaili, Halszka Osmólska, Ali Farzat, and Cearl of Mercia. After him are Johan Ramstedt, Carla Marangoni, Carrie Chapman Catt, Leofric, Earl of Mercia, Andrzej Lepper, and Jacques Cheminade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Uwe Barschel ranks 507. Before him are George Baker, Jacques Beurlet, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Massimiliano Fuksas, Orlando Martínez, and Gianni Bonichon. After him are Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Kansai Yamamoto, Margaret Avery, Emilio Zapico, Terry Jacks, and Botho Strauß. Among people deceased in 1987, Uwe Barschel ranks 192. Before him are Roderich Menzel, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Igor Ilyinsky, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Alexandru Borbely, and John Qualen. After him are Metaksia Simonyan, Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Óscar Bonfiglio, Fatemeh Pahlavi, Joan Shawlee, and Meena Keshwar Kamal.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Uwe Barschel ranks 4,719 out of 7,253. Before him are Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel (1768), Saul Rubinek (1948), Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826), Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (1862), Friedhelm Konietzka (1938), and Wolfgang Stark (1969). After him are Dietrich Thurau (1954), Fritz von Unruh (1885), Hans Werner Richter (1908), Markus Grosskopf (1965), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973), and André Hennicke (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Uwe Barschel ranks 1,193. Before him are Andriy Taran (1955), Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893), Günther Beckstein (1943), Otto Winzer (1902), Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1790), and Haim Katz (1947). After him are Jürgen Möllemann (1945), Claudia Roth (1955), Georg Friedrich von Martens (1756), Christian Lindner (1979), Helene Lange (1848), and Princess Marie of Hanover (1849).

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