abstract:Uwe Barschel (13 May 1944 in Glienicke, Province of Brandenburg - 11 October 1987 in Geneva) was a West German politician (CDU) and from 1982 to 1987 Minister-President in the State of Schleswig-Holstein. The circumstances of his death are still not entirely clear, and inquiries have not been able to prove or disprove theories of suicide or murder.