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Uwe Barschel
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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.
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Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 14 October 1982 – 2 October 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy | Henning Schwarz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Gerhard Stoltenberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Henning Schwarz (interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Uwe Ulrich Barschel (1944-05-13)13 May 1944 Glienicke/Nordbahn, Province of Brandenburg, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany (now Brandenburg, Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 October 1987(1987-10-11) (aged 43) Beau-Rivage, Geneva, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cause of death | Drug overdose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resting place | Mölln | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Christian Democratic Union (1962–1987) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Freya Barschel (m. 1973) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Mölln | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Kiel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cabinet | Stoltenberg II, Stoltenberg III, Barschel I, Barschel II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Barschel, having assumed office of Minister-President at the age of 38 and died at 43, is to-date the youngest head of government of a federal state in Germany and the youngest former Minister-President to die.