Rudolf Seiters

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Rudolf Seiters Bundesminister a. D.
Seiters in 1989
Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of the CDU/CSU-group)
In office 26 October 1998 – 17 October 2002
President	Wolfgang Thierse
Preceded by	Michaela Geiger
Succeeded by	Norbert Lammert
Minister of the Interior
In office 26 November 1991 – 7 July 1993
Preceded by	Wolfgang Schäuble
Succeeded by	Manfred Kanther
Head of the Chancellery Minister for Special Affairs
In office 21 April 1989 – 25 November 1991
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Preceded by	Wolfgang Schäuble
Succeeded by	Friedrich Bohl
Chief Whip of the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag
In office 15 November 1984 – 21 May 1989
Leader	Wolfgang Schäuble
Preceded by	Wolfgang Schäuble
Succeeded by	Friedrich Bohl
Whip of the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag
In office 14 October 1982 – 15 November 1984 Serving with Wolfgang Bötsch, Agnes Hürland-Büning
Leader	Alfred Dregger
Chief Whip	Wolfgang Schäuble
Preceded by	Wolfgang Schäuble Wilhelm Rawe Dorothee Wilms
Succeeded by	Friedrich Bohl
In office 9 November 1971 – 14 December 1976 Serving with Josef Rösing, Leo Wagner, Olaf Baron von Wrangel, Paul Röhner, Gerhard Reddemann, Paul Mikat, Philipp Jenninger
Leader	Karl Carstens Helmut Kohl
Preceded by	Will Rasner
Succeeded by	Walter Wallmann
Member of the Bundestag for Unterems (Emsland; 1969–1980)
In office 20 October 1969 – 17 October 2002
Preceded by	Josef Stecker
Succeeded by	Gitta Connemann
Personal details
Born	(1937-10-13) 13 October 1937 (age 86) Osnabrück, Province of Hanover, Prussia, Nazi Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (1958–)
Children	3
Residence	Papenburg
Alma mater	University of Münster
Occupation	Politician Lawyer Civil Servant

Rudolf Seiters (born 13 October 1937 in Osnabrück) is a German politician of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) party.

From 1989–1991, he was Federal Minister for Special Affairs and the head of the Office of the German Chancellery. From 1991–1993, he was the Minister of the Interior. From 1998–2002, he was the Vice President of the German Bundestag, or Parliament. Since 2003, he has been the president of the German Red Cross.