Sascha Raabe

(1968-Alive). Social Democratic Party Mayor of Rodenbach, Germany, 1996-2002. Member of the Bundestag, 2002-Current.

Karl Bernhardovich Radek

(1885-1939). Born Karl Sobelsohn. Joined Social Democratic Party of Poland, 1902, and worked closely with Rosa Luxemburg and Leo Jogiches. Exiled to Germany, 1908-1913. Worked with Lenin in Switzerland, whom he joined for the train ride that took them into Russia, 1917. Member of the Bolshevik Central Committee, 1917. Sent by the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party to Germany to help organize the German Communist movement and the fledgling revolutionary government. Jailed in Berlin after the effort failed, but returned to Russia, 1920. Supported Trotsky against Stalin after Lenin's death. Expelled from the Communist Party, 1927, but readmitted in 1929 after admitting his errors. Arrested and tried for treason, 1937. Sentenced to 10 years in prison but executed in 1939.

Alexander Radwan

(1964-Alive). Christian Socialist Union Member of the European Parliament, 1999-Current.

Hans Raidel

(1941-Alive). Christian Socialist Union Member of the Bundestag, 1990-Current.

Bodo Ramelow

(1956-Alive). Die Linke Member of the Bundestag, 2005-Current.

Peter Ramsauer

(1954-Alive). Christian Socialist Union Member of the Bundestag, 1990-Current.

Bernhard Rapkay

(1951-Alive). Social Democratic Party Member of the European Parliament, 1994-Current.

Horst Rasch

(1953-Alive). Christian Democratic Union Minister of the Interior of Saxony, 2002-2004.

Walther Rathenau

(1867-1922). Foreign Minister of Germany, 1922. A Jewish proponent of assimilation. Industrialist. Founding Member, German Democratic Party. Minister of Reconstruction, 1921-1922. Foreign Minister of Germany, 1922. Negotiated the Treaty of Rapallo with the Soviet Union. Vilified by Nazis and anti-Semites. Assassinated by right-wing Army officers, June 24, 1922. Author.

Johannes Rau

(January 16, 1931, Wuppertal, Germany-January 27, 2006, Berlin, Germany). Mayor of Wuppertal, Germany, 1969-1970. Social Democratic Party Minister of Science and Education of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 1970-1978. Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, 1978-1998. President of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1999-2004. Promoted German-Israeli relations.

Peter Rauen

(1954-Alive). Christian Democratic Union Member of the Bundestag, 1987-Current.