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Hans-Ulrich Klose
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| Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee | |
| In office 26 October 1998 – 17 October 2002 |
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| Deputy | Carl-Dieter Spranger |
| Preceded by | Karl-Heinz Hornhues |
| Succeeded by | Volker Rühe |
| Vice President of the Bundestag | |
| In office 10 November 1994 – 26 October 1998 |
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| President | Rita Süssmuth |
| Preceded by | Renate Schmidt |
| Succeeded by | Anke Fuchs |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag | |
| In office 12 November 1991 – 10 November 1994 |
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| Chief Whip | Peter Struck |
| Preceded by | Hans-Jochen Vogel |
| Succeeded by | Rudolf Scharping |
| First Mayor of Hamburg | |
| In office 12 November 1974 – 25 May 1981 |
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| President | Walter Scheel Karl Carstens |
| Chancellor | Helmut Schmidt |
| Second Mayor | Dieter Biallas Helga Elstner |
| Preceded by | Peter Schulz |
| Succeeded by | Klaus von Dohnanyi |
| Hamburg Senator for the Interior | |
| In office 10 October 1973 – 12 November 1974 |
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| First Mayor | Peter Schulz |
| Preceded by | Heinz Ruhnau |
| Succeeded by | Werner Staak |
| Member of the Bundestag for Hamburg-Bergedorf-Harburg |
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| In office 22 September 2002 – 22 September 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Metin Hakverdi |
| Member of the Bundestag for Hamburg-Harburg |
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| In office 6 March 1983 – 22 September 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Herbert Wehner |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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| Born | 14 June 1937 Breslau (now Poland) |
| Citizenship | German |
| Nationality |  Germany |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
Hans-Ulrich Klose (born 14 June 1937) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party and a former member of the German Federal parliament (German: Bundestag). Klose was the First Mayor (German: Erster Bürgermeister) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 1974 up to 1981, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1979/80.
Early life
Klose was born in Breslau (now better known under its Polish name Wrocław), Province of Lower Silesia. After the end of World War II, Klose's family fled from Breslau and moved to Bielefeld. In 1957 he received his high-school diploma and started studying law at the universities of Freiburg and Hamburg. In 1961 he passed the First, in 1965 the Second Legal State Examination, and started working as a lawyer in Hamburg.
Other activities
- CARE Deutschland-Luxemburg, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), Member
- Green Helmets, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Otto von Bismarck Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Progressives Zentrum, Member of the Circle of Friends
Recognition
In March 2013 the Congressional Study Group on Germany presented Klose with the inaugural International Statesmanship Award in appreciation "for his longstanding service to strengthening the US-German relationship".
Personal life
Since 1992 Hans-Ulrich Klose has been married to his third wife, a physician. He has two daughters and two sons from his first two marriages.
