# Franz Handlos

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German politician (1939–2013)

**Franz Handlos** (born 9 December 1939 in Rusel, [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria), died 10 June 2013) was a German politician.[1]

## Biography

Handlos first came to prominence as member of the [Christian Social Union of Bavaria](/source/Christian_Social_Union_of_Bavaria) (CSU), serving the party in both the [Bundestag](/source/Bundestag), where he represented [Deggendorf](/source/Deggendorf_(electoral_district)), and the [Landtag of Bavaria](/source/Landtag_of_Bavaria). Handlos, along with [Ekkehard Voigt](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ekkehard_Voigt&action=edit&redlink=1), represented the right of the party within the Bavarian CSU, with both men staunch critics of the leadership of [Franz Josef Strauss](/source/Franz_Josef_Strauss). Handlos broke from the CSU in 1983 when Strauss agreed to accepting a major bank loan from [East Germany](/source/East_Germany), a move Handlos saw as accepting partition and helping to stabilise the [communist](/source/Communist) state.[2]

As a result of the split, Handlos and Voigt joined with well-known political commentator and former CSU activist [Franz Schönhuber](/source/Franz_Sch%C3%B6nhuber) to form their own party, [Die Republikaner](/source/Die_Republikaner) (REP) in 1983, with Handlos as the leader.[3] Handlos saw the party as only slightly to the right of the CSU and aimed to REP as a basis to build a *bundesweite* (federal) version of the CSU, rather than simply concentrating on Bavaria.[4] This view was not shared by Schönhuber, who had a more [right-wing populist](/source/Right-wing_populism) outlook and was inspired by the success of the [French National Front](/source/National_Front_(France)).[4] A bitter struggle for power ensued, with the radical wing winning out and in 1985 Handlos stood down as leader of the party and resigned his membership.[4]

Handlos formed his own *Freiheitlichen Volkspartei* and this group contested the 1986 Bavarian Landtag elections. However the new party gained only 0.4% of the vote, leaving Handlos on the fringes.[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Franz Handlos ist tot"](http://www.wochenblatt.de/nachrichten/regen/regionales/Franz-Handlos-ist-tot;art785,184132). Wochenblatt.de. Retrieved 20 June 2013.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** D. Art, *The Politics of the Nazi Past in Germany and Austria*, Cambridge, 2006, p. 147

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Russell J. Dalton, *Germany Divided: The 1994 Bundestag Elections and the Evolution of the German Party System*, 1996, p. 134

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Mudde_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Mudde_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Mudde_4-2) [Cas Mudde](/source/Cas_Mudde), *Ideology of the Extreme Right*, 2002, p. 31

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Andreas Schulze, *Kleinparteien in Deutschland*, 2004, p. 104

Political offices Preceded by new post Leader of the Republicans 1983–1985 Succeeded by Franz Schönhuber

v t e Members of the 7th Bundestag (1972–1976) President: Annemarie Renger (SPD) SPD v t e SPD Speaker: Herbert Wehner Members: Adams Ahlers Ahrens Amling Anbuhl Apel Arendt Arndt (until 29 January 1974) Arndt (from 20 May 1974) Augstein Baack Bahr Barche Bardens Batz Bäuerle Bayerl Becker Beermann (until 24 November 1975) Behrendt Berkhan (until 19 March 1975) Biermann Blank Böhme Börner (until 22 October 1976) Bothmer Brandt Brandt Bredl Brück Büchler Büchner Buchstaller Bühling Bülow Buschfort Bußmann Collet Conradi Coppik Corterier Däubler-Gmelin Dohnanyi Dübber Dürr Eckerland Egert Ehmke Ehrenberg Eilers Elchlepp (from 4 June 1976) Emmerlich Enders Engholm Eppler (until 3 June 1976) Esters Ewen Farthmann (until 5 June 1975) FellerMayer Fiebig Fischer Flämig Focke Franke Frehsee Friedrich Gansel Geiger Gerlach Gerstl Gertzen Geßner Glombig Glotz Gnädinger Grimming (from 18 June 1975) Grobecker Grunenberg Grützmann (from 2 February 1974) Haack Haar Haase Haase Haehser Haenschke Halfmeier Hansen Hauck Hauff Henke Herbers (from 12 May 1976) Hermsdorf (until 30 May 1974) Herold Heyen (until 5 June 1975) Hofmann Höhmann Holtz Horn Huber Huonker Immer Jahn Jaschke Jaunich Jens Junghans Junker Kaffka Kahn-Ackermann (until 18 September 1974) Kater Kern Koblitz Konrad Kratz Kreutzmann Krockert Kulawig Lambinus Lange Lattmann Lauritzen Lautenschlager Leber Lemp Lenders Lepsius Liedtke Löbbert Löffler Lohmar Lutz Mahne Männing (from 19 June 1975) Marquardt Marschall Martiny-Glotz Matthöfer Mattick Meermann Meinecke Meinike Metzger Möhring Möller Müller Müller Müller Müller Müller-Emmert Müntefering (from 10 June 1975) Nagel Neumann Nölling (until 20 May 1974) Oetting Offergeld Orth (until 10 May 1976) Ostman Pawelczyk Peiter Penner Pensky Peter (from 10 June 1974) Polkehn Porzner Rapp Rappe Ravens Rehlen (from 14 November 1974) Reiser Renger Reuschenbach Richter Rohde Röhlig (from 19 March 1975) Rosenthal Sander Saxowski Schachtschabel Schäfer Schäfer Scheffler Schellenberg Scheu Schimschok Schinzel Schirmer Schlaga Schlei Schluckebier Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmitt-Vockenhausen Schmude Schöfberger Schonhofen Schreiber Schulte Schwabe Schwedler Schweitzer Schwencke Schwenk (from 3 June 1974) Seefeld Seibert Sieglerschmidt Simon Simpfendörfer Slotta (until 9 June 1974) Sperling Spillecke Staak (until 13 November 1974) Stahl Steinhauer (from 9 December 1974) Suck Sund Tietjen (from 12 September 1974) Timm Tönjes Urbaniak Vahlberg Vit Vogel Vogelsang Voigt (from 28 October 1976) Walkhoff Waltemathe Walther Weber Wehner Wende Wendt Wernitz Westphal Wichert (until 10 September 1974) Wiefel Wienand (until 3 December 1974) Wilhelm Wimmer (from 18 September 1974) Wischnewski With Wittmann Wolf Wolfram Wrede Wurche (until 3 June 1975) Würtz Wüster Wuttke Wuwer Zander Zebisch Zeitler CDU/CSU v t e CDU and CSU Speaker: Rainer Barzel until 9 May 1973; Karl Carstens from 17 May 1973 CDU: Abelein Alber Alten-Nordheim Amrehn Arnold Artzinger Baier Barzel Becker Benedix Benz Berger Berger Bewerunge Biechele Birrenbach Bismarck Blüm Blumenfeld Bockelberg Böhm Braun Breidbach Bremer Bremm Burgbacher Burger Carstens Carstens Czaja Damm Delden Dregger Dreyer Eigen Eilers Entrup Erhard Erhard Ernesti Evers Ey Eyrich Ferrang (until 31 May 1974) Fircks Franke Freiwald (until 26 October 1974) Frerichs (until 15 January 1975) Früh Geier (from 5 March 1976) Gerster Gewandt Gölter Götz Gradl Graß (from 13 April 1976) Gruhl Haase Häckel (from 28 September 1976) Häfele Hammans Härzschel (until 23 September 1976) Hassel Hauser Hauser Hauser Heck Hornhues Horstmeier Hupka Hürland Hussing (from 16 November 1973) Jäger Jahn Jahn Jenninger Josten Katzer Kiep (until 24 February 1976) Kiesinger Klein Klein Klepsch Kliesing Köhler Köhler Köster Krampe Kraske Kroll-Schlüter Kühlmann-Stumm Kunz Lagershausen Lampersbach Leicht Lenz Lenzer Link Löher Luda Martin (until 12 November 1973) Marx Maucher Mende Mertes Mick Mikat Miltner Milz Möller Müller Müller Müller-Hermann Mursch Narjes Neumeister Nordlohne Oldenstädt Orgaß Pack (from 1 June 1974) Pfeffermann Pfeifer Picard Pieroth Pieser Pohlmann Prassler (until 3 November 1975) Rawe Reddemann Riede Ritgen Ritz Rollmann Rommerskirchen Russe Sauer Sauter Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Schäuble Schetter (from 3 November 1975) Schmidt (from 17 January 1975) Schmitt Schmitz Schmöle Schröder Schröder Schröder Schroeder Schulte Schulz Schwörer Seiters Sick Solke Spies Springorum Sprung Stahlberg (from 1 November 1974) Stark Stavenhagen Stommel Straßmeir Susset Terra Thürk Tillmann Todenhöfer Tübler Unland Vehar Verhülsdonk Vogel Vogt Volmer Waffenschmidt Wagner (until 8 April 1976) Wallmann Walz Wawrzik Weber Weizsäcker Werner Wex Will-Feld Windelen Wissebach Wohlrabe Wolf Wörner Wrangel Wulff Zeitel Zeyer Zink CSU: Aigner Althammer Becher Biehle Dollinger Engelsberger Franz Fuchs Geisenhofer Gerlach Gierenstein Handlos Höcherl Hösl Jaeger Jobst Kempfler Kiechle Kreile Kunz Lemmrich Lücker Memmel Müller Niegel Probst Rainer Riedl Röhner Roser Schedl Schenk Schleicher Schmidhuber Schneider Schulze-Vorberg Spilker Spranger Starke Strauss Stücklen Wagner Waigel Warnke Wittmann Ziegler Zimmermann Zoglmann FDP v t e FDP Speaker: Wolfgang Mischnick Members: Achenbach Augstein (until 24 January 1973) Bangemann Baum Böger (from 25 January 1973) Christ Engelhard Ertl Flach (until 25 August 1973) Funcke Gallus Geldner Genscher Graaff (until 9 December 1975) Groß (until 5 July 1974) Grüner Hirsch (until 5 June 1975) Hoffie Hölscher Hoppe Jung Kirst Kleinert Krall Kreibaum (from 15 December 1975) Laermann (from 28 June 1974) Lambsdorff Logemann Lüdemann (from 4 September 1973) Mayhofer Mertes Mischnick Moersch Möllemann Ollesch Opitz Peters (from 13 June 1975) Ronneburger (until 12 June 1975) Scheel (until 27 June 1974) Schleifenbaum (from 5 June 1975) Schmidt Schoeler Schuchardt Spitzmüller Vohrer Wendig Wolfgramm (from 5 July 1974) Wurbs Zywietz OTHER v t e Independent Members: Emeis (from 8 December 1975) Stienen List of members of the 7th Bundestag

v t e Members of the 10th Bundestag (1983–1987) President: Rainer Barzel until 25 October 1984; Philipp Jenninger from 5 November 1984 (CDU) CDU/CSU v t e CDU and CSU Speaker: Alfred Dregger CDU: Abelein Augustin (from 13 January 1984) Austermann Barzel Bayha Becker Berger Berger Berners (from 17 January 1986) Blank Blens Blüm Bohl Bohlsen Böhm Borchert Boroffka Braun Breuer Broll Bugl Bühler Buschbom Carstens Carstensen Clemens Conrad (until 12 September 1985) Czaja Dallmeyer (until 11 April 1983) Daniels Daweke Dempwolf (from 22 March 1984) Deres Dolata Dörflinger Doss Dregger Echternach Ehrbar Eigen Erhard Eylmann Feilcke Fischer Fischer Francke Franke (until 9 April 1984) Friedmann Funk (from 14 October 1985) Ganz Geißler Geldern George (until 5 October 1985) Gerstein Gerster Göhner Günther Haase (until 5 December 1983) Hackel (until 1 December 1985) Häfele Hammerstein (from 9 April 1984) Hanz Haungs Hauser Hauser Hedrich Heereman Hellwig Helmrich Hennig Herkenrath Hinrichs Hoffacker Hoffmann Hornhues Hornung Horstmeier (from 3 December 1986) Hupka Hürland-Büning Hüsch Jäger Jagoda Jahn Jenninger Jung Kalisch Kansy Karwatzki Kittelmann Klein (until 20 December 1983) Kohl Köhler Köhler Kolb Krey Kroll-Schlüter Kronenberg Lamers Lammert Landré Langner Lattmann Laufs Lenz (until 13 January 1984) Lenzer Link Link Lippold Löher Lohmann Lorenz Louven Maaß Magin Marschewski Marx (until 12 July 1985) Mertes (until 16 June 1985) Metz Meyer Michels Mikat Miltner Milz (until 26 November 1986) Möller Müller Müller Müller Nelle Neumeister Oldenstädt Olderog Pack (from 1 October 1985) Pesch Petersen Pfeffermann Pfeifer Pfennig (from 2 December 1985) Pinger Pohlmann Pohlmeier Rawe Reddemann Repnik Riesenhuber Rode Roitzsch Rönsch Roth Ruf Rühe Sauer Sauer Saurin (from 19 April 1983) Sauter Scharrenbroich (from 19 June 1985) Schartz Schäuble Schemken Schlottmann Schmidbauer Schmitz Schmude Schneider Schorlemer Schreiber Schröder (until 22 March 1984) Schroeder Schulhoff Schulte Schultz (from 22 July 1985) Schulze Schwarz Schwarz-Schilling Schwörer Seesing Seiters Spies Sprung Stark Stavenhagen Stercken Stockhausen (from 6 December 1983) Stoltenberg Stommel (from 21 March 1985) Straßmeir Strube Stutzer Susset Tillmann Todenhöfer Uldall Unland Verhülsdonk Vogel Vogt Voigt (from 21 December 1983) Waffenschmidt Waldburg-Zeil Warrikoff Wartenberg Weirich Weiskirch (until 20 March 1985) Weiß Werner Wex (until 9 January 1986) Will-Feld Wilms Wilz Wimmer Windelen Wisniewski Wissmann Wörner Wulff Würzbach Zink CSU: Althammer (until 14 April 1985) Biehle Bötsch Brunner Dollinger Engelsberger Faltlhauser Fellner Geiger Gerlach Glos Götz Götzer (from 4 June 1984) Hartmann (until 4 June 1984) Hinsken Höffkes Höpfinger Huyn Jobst Keller Kiechle Klein Kraus Kreile Krone-Appuhn Kunz Lemmrich Linsmeier Lintner Lowack Männle Müller Niegel Pöppl (from 15 April 1985) Probst Regenspurger Riedl Rose Rossmanith Sauter Schenk (until 20 November 1984) Scheu Schneider Seehofer Spilker Spranger Stücklen Voss Waigel Warnke Wittmann (from 20 November 1984) Wittmann Zierer Zimmermann SPD v t e SPD Speaker: Hans-Jochen Vogel Members: Ahrens Amling Antretter Apel Bachmaier Bahr Bamberg Becker Bernrath Berschkeit Bindig Blunck Brandt Brosi (until 3 April 1984) Brück Büchler Büchner Buckpesch Bülow Buschfort Catenhusen Collet Conradi Corterier (from 13 June 1984) Curdt Czempiel (until 5 July 1984) Daubertshäuser Däubler-Gmelin Delorme Diederich Dreßler Duve Egert Ehmke Ehrenberg Emmerlich Enders Esters Ewen Fiebig Fischer Fischer Franke Fuchs Fuchs Gansel Gerstl Gilges Glombig Glotz Gobrecht (until 29 June 1984) Grobecker (until 14 November 1983) Grunenberg Haack Haar Haase Haehser Hansen (from 29 June 1984) Hartenstein Hauchler Hauck Hauff Heimann Heistermann Herterich Hettling (from 15 November 1983) Heyenn Hiller Hoffmann (until 11 April 1985) Holtz Horn Huber Huonker Ibrügger Immer Jahn Jansen Jaunich Jens Jung Junghans Jungmann Kastning Kiehm Kirschner Kisslinger Klein Klejdzinski Klose Kolbow Kretkowski Kübler Kühbacher Kuhlwein Lahnstein (until 31 August 1983) Lambinus Lennartz Leonhart Lepsius (from 12 April 1984) Liedtke Linde (until 10 November 1983) Löffler Lohmann Lutz Luuk Martiny-Glotz Matthäus-Maier Matthöfer Meininghaus Menzel Mertens Mitzscherling Möhring (from 8 July 1986) Müller Müller Müller-Emmert Müntefering Nagel Nehm Neumann (from 11 November 1983) Nöbel Odendahl Offergeld (until 1 June 1984) Oostergetelo Paterna Pauli Penner Peter Pfuhl Polkehn (until 16 August 1985) Porzner Poß Purps Ranker (from 11 April 1985) Rapp Rappe Reimann Renger Reschke Reuschenbach Reuter Rohde Roth Sander Schäfer Schanz Scheer Schlaga Schlatter Schluckebier Schmedt (from 1 September 1983) Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmitt Schmude Schöfberger Schreiner Schröder (until 1 July 1986) Schröer Schulte Schwenk Sielaff Sieler Simonis Skarpelis-Sperk Soell Sperling Spöri Stahl Steger (until 9 July 1984) Steiner Steinhauer Stiegler Stobbe Stockleben Struck Terborg Tietjen Timm Toetemeyer Traupe Urbaniak Vahlberg Verheugen Vogel Vogelsang Voigt Vosen Waltemathe Walther Wartenberg Weinhofer Weisskirchen Wernitz Westphal Weyel Wieczorek (from 11 July 1984) Wieczorek Wiefel Wiesche Wimmer Wischnewski Witek (from 16 July 1984) With Wolfram Würtz Zander Zeitler Zutt FDP v t e FDP Speaker: Wolfgang Mischnick Members: Adam-Schwaetzer Baum Beckmann Bredehorn Cronenberg Eimer Engelhard Ertl Feldmann Gallus Gattermann Genscher Grünbeck Grüner Hamm-Brücher Haussmann Hirsch Hoffie Hoppe Kleinert Kohn Laermann Lambsdorff Mischnick Möllemann Neuhausen Paintner Ronneburger Rumpf Schäfer Segall (from 13 December 1984) Seiler-Albring Solms Weng Wolfgramm Wurbs (until 13 December 1984) GRÜNE v t e GRUENE Speaker: Marieluise Beck-Oberdorf, Petra Kelly, Otto Schily until 3 April 1984; Annemarie Borgmann, Waltraud Schoppe, Antje Vollmer until 30./31. January 1985; Sabine Bard, Hannegret Hönes, Christian Schmidt until 1 February 1986; Annemarie Borgmann, Hannegret Hönes, Ludger Volmer until 18 July 1986); Willi Hoss (8 September 1986) Die Grünen: Auhagen (from 17 April 1985) Bard (until 31 March 1985) Bastian Beck-Oberdorf (until 14 April 1985) Borgmann (from 1 April 1985) Bueb (from 1 April 1985) Burgmann (until 15 March 1985) Dann (from 2 March 1985) Drabiniok (until 31 March 1985) Ehmke (until 28 March 1985) Eid (from 17 April 1985) Fischer (until 31 March 1985) Fischer (from 20 January 1986) Fritsch (from 14 March 1986) Gottwald (until 31 March 1985) Hecker (until 31 August 1983) Hickel (until 9 March 1985) Hönes (from 13 April 1985) Horácek (from 2 September 1983 until 3 October 1985) Hoss (until 12 April 1985) Jannsen (until 1 March 1985) Kelly Kleinert (until 19 January 1986) Krizsan (until 13 March 1985) Lange (from 17 April 1985) Mann (from 1 April 1985) Müller (from 13 March 1985) Nickels (until 30 March 1985) Potthast (until 3 April 1985) Reents (until 19 March 1985) Reetz (until 16 April 1985) Rusche (from 4 October 1985) Sauermilch (until 16 April 1985) Schierholz (from 14 March 1985) Schily (until 13 March 1986) Schmidt (from 22 March 1985) Schneider (until 30 March 1985) Schoppe (until 31 March 1985) Schulte (from 13 April 1985) Schwenninger (until 16 April 1985) Senfft (from 3 April 1985) Stratmann (until 31 March 1985) Ströbele (from 31 March 1985) Suhr (from 1 April 1985) Tatge (from 18 June 1985) Verheyen (until 30 March 1985) Vogel (from 16 March 1985) Vogt (until 18 June 1985) Vollmer (until 2 April 1985) Volmer (from 10 April 1985) Wagner (from 3 April 1985) Werner (from 2 April 1985) Werner (from 16 April 1985) Zeitler (from 3 April 1985) OTHER v t e Independent Members: Eickmeyer (from 23 August 1985) Handlos Tischer (from 3 April 1985) Voigt List of members of the 10th Bundestag

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