Richard Stücklen

Richard Stücklen
Stücklen in 1972
President of the Bundestag
West Germany
In office
31 May 1979  29 March 1983
Preceded byKarl Carstens
Succeeded byRainer Barzel
Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications
In office
29 October 1957  30 November 1966
Preceded byErnst Lemmer
Succeeded byWerner Dollinger
Member of the Bundestag
In office
1 February 1952  18 August 1970
Personal details
Born(1916-08-20)20 August 1916
Heideck, Germany
Died2 May 2002(2002-05-02) (aged 85)
Weißenburg in Bayern, Germany
Political partyCSU

Richard Stücklen (20 August 1916 – 2 May 2002) was a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU). He had previously been a member of the NSDAP (1939–1945). From 1957 to 1966, he served as Federal Minister for Post and Communication. A member of the German parliament for more than 40 years, he served as the seventh president of the Bundestag from 1979 to 1983.