Member of the Bundestag
In office
1980–2002
Personal details
Born
(1935-11-11)11 November 1935
Königswinter, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany
Died
27 August 2022(2022-08-27) (aged 86)
Political party
Children
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Karl Lamers (11 November 1935 – 27 August 2022) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.[1]
Lamers joined the CDU in 1955. From 1968 to 1971 he was state chairman of the Junge Union in the Rhineland. From 1971 he was a member of the North Rhine-Westphalia CDU state executive committee, from 1975 to 1981 as deputy state chairman. From 1986 to 2005 he was chairman of the CDU's Central Rhine District Association.
From 1990 to 2002, Lamers was foreign policy spokesman for the CDU parliamentary group and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
President: Rainer Barzel until 25 October 1984; Philipp Jenninger from 5 November 1984 (CDU)
CDU/CSU
Speaker: Alfred Dregger
SPD
Speaker: Hans-Jochen Vogel
FDP
Speaker: Wolfgang Mischnick
GRÜNE
Speaker: Marieluise Beck-Oberdorf, Petra Kelly, Otto Schily until 3 April 1984; Annemarie Borgmann, Waltraud Schoppe, Antje Vollmer until 30./31. January 1985; Sabine Bard, Hannegret Hönes, Christian Schmidt until 1 February 1986; Annemarie Borgmann, Hannegret Hönes, Ludger Volmer until 18 July 1986); Willi Hoss (8 September 1986)
OTHER
President: Philipp Jenninger until 11 November 1988; Rita Süssmuth from 11 November 1988 (CDU)
CDU/CSU
Speaker: Alfred Dregger
SPD
Speaker: Hans-Jochen Vogel
FDP
Speaker: Wolfgang Mischnick
GRÜNE
Speaker: Thomas Ebermann, Bärbel Rust, Waltraud Schoppe until 26 January 1988; Helmut Lippelt, Regula Schmidt-Bott, Christa Vennegerts until 30 January 1989, Helmut Lippelt, Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin, Antje Vollmer until 15 January 1990; Willi Hoss, Waltraud Schoppe (until 21 June 1990), Marianne Birthler (from 4 October 1990), Antje Vollmer
PDS
Speaker: Gregor Gysi
OTHER
CDU/CSU
Speaker: Alfred Dregger until 25 November 1991; Wolfgang Schäuble from 25 November 1991
SPD
Speaker: Hans-Jochen Vogel until 12 November 1991; Hans-Ulrich Klose from 12 November 1991
FDP
Speaker: Hermann Otto Solms
PDS
Speaker: Gregor Gysi
GRÜNE
Speaker: Werner Schulz
OTHER
CDU/CSU
Speaker: Wolfgang Schäuble
SPD
Speaker: Rudolf Scharping
GRÜNE
Speaker: Joschka Fischer and Kerstin Müller
FDP
Speaker: Hermann Otto Solms
PDS
Speaker: Gregor Gysi
OTHER
SPD
Speaker: Peter Struck, since 25 July 2002 Ludwig Stiegler
CDU/CSU
Speaker: Wolfgang Schäuble; since 29 February 2000 Friedrich Merz
GRÜNE
Speaker: Rezzo Schlauch and Kerstin Müller
FDP
Speaker: Wolfgang Gerhardt
PDS
Speaker: Gregor Gysi; since 2. October 2000 Roland Claus
OTHER
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