Rainer Funke (born 18 November 1940) is a German politician of the

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(FDP) and former member of the German

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Life

He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1980 to 1983 and again from 1987 to 2005. After the 1990 parliamentary elections, Funke was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Justice in the Federal Government led by Chancellor

Helmut Kohl Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longes ...

on 24 January 1991.

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1940 births Members of the Bundestag for Hamburg Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 Members of the Bundestag 1990–1994 Members of the Bundestag 1987–1990 Members of the Bundestag 1980–1983 Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany) Parliamentary State Secretaries of Germany Date of death missing {{Germany-FDP-politician-stub