Hans-Ulrich Klose

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Hans-Ulrich Klose
Klose in 1978
Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
In office 26 October 1998 – 17 October 2002
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
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
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
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
First Mayor	Peter Schulz
Preceded by	Heinz Ruhnau
Succeeded by	Werner Staak
Member of the Bundestag for Hamburg-Bergedorf-Harburg
In office 22 September 2002 – 22 September 2013
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Metin Hakverdi
Member of the Bundestag for Hamburg-Harburg
In office 6 March 1983 – 22 September 2002
Preceded by	Herbert Wehner
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1937-06-14)14 June 1937 Breslau, Germany
Died	6 September 2023(2023-09-06) (aged 86)
Citizenship	German
Political party	SPD
Alma mater	University of Hamburg
Military service
Allegiance	Germany
Branch/service	Bundeswehr
Unit	Panzergrenadierbrigade 17 German Army (Heer)

Hans-Ulrich Klose (14 June 1937 – 6 September 2023) was a German politician from the Social Democratic Party and a 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.