Uwe Barschel

Uwe Barschel
Uwe Barschel
	Barschel on a 1987 campaign poster
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)
Minister-President
Schleswig-Holstein Cabinet
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 1 July 1979 – 4 October 1982
Minister-President	Gerhard Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Rudolf Titzck
Succeeded by	Karl Eduard Claussen
Minister of Finance
	In office; 1 January 1979 – 30 June 1979
Minister-President	Gerhard Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Gerd Lausen
Succeeded by	Rudolf Titzck
Preceded by
Landtag career
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union; in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
	In office; 15 May 1973 – 8 January 1979
Preceded by	Gerd Lausen
Succeeded by	Heiko Hoffmann
Member of the; Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein ; for Lauenburg-Süd
	In office; 24 May 1971 – 11 October 1987
Preceded by	Paul Rohloff
Succeeded by	Frank Millack
Personal details
Born	Uwe Ulrich Barschel; 13 May 1944; Glienicke/Nordbahn, Province of Brandenburg, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany (now Brandenburg, Germany)
Died	11 October 1987 (aged 43); Beau-Rivage, Geneva, Switzerland
Cause of death	Drug overdose
Resting place	Mölln
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (1962–1987)
Spouse	Freya Barschel (m. 1973)
Children	4
Residence	Mölln
Alma mater	University of Kiel
Occupation	Politician; Notary; Lawyer;
Cabinet	Stoltenberg II, Stoltenberg III, Barschel I, Barschel II

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.

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.

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