At the party convention in November 1982, the Schleswig-Holstein state chairman Uwe Ronneburger challenged Hans-Dietrich Genscher as party chairman. Ronneburger received 186 of the votes—about 40 percent—and was just narrowly defeated by Genscher who went on to act as party chairman as well as Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister in the new Kohl government. In the following federal election campaigns during the 1980s and 1990s, the party sided with the CDU and CSU, the main conservative parties in Germany.
at the party convention in november 1982 the schleswig-holstein state chairman uwe ronneburger challenged hans-dietrich genscher as party chairman ronneburger received 186 of the votes—about 40 percent—and was just narrowly defeated by genscher who went on to act as party chairman as well as vice chancellor and foreign minister in the new kohl government in the following federal election campaigns during the 1980s and 1990s the party sided with the cdu and csu the main conservative parties in germany