Karl-Heinz Narjes

{{Short description|German politician}}{{Infobox officeholder

| party = File:CDU Logo 2023.svg Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)

| image = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F038043-0034, Wiesbaden, CDU-Parteitag, Narjes.jpg

| name = Karl-Hein Narjes

| office = Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Economy and Transport

| birth_date = 30 January 1924

| birth_place = Soltau, Germany

| death_date = 26 January 2015

| death_place = Bonn, Germany

| nationality = {{GER}}

| rank = Leutnant zur See

| branch = Kriegsmarine

| caption = Narjes in 1972

}}

{{Expand German|topic=bio|Karl-Heinz Narjes|date=May 2020}}

File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F041436-0007, Hamburg, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Narjes.jpg

Karl-Heinz Narjes (30 January 1924 – 26 January 2015) was a German Christian Democratic (CDU) politician. From 1969 to 1973 he was Minister for Economy and Transport of the State of Schleswig-Holstein and from 1981 to 1988 he was a European Commissioner.

During World War II, Narjes was a soldier in Kriegsmarine serving on a submarine U-91 with the rank of Leutnant zur See. After the submarine was sunk by the British Navy on 26 February 1944 eastwards of the Azores, Narjes became a prisoner of war of Britain.[http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/u-boote/uboote_wk2/wk2_u91.htm U-91 History] at the Gefallenendenkmäler Project website

From 1971 to January 1973, Narjes was a member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein, i.e. the state parliament.[http://lissh.lvn.parlanet.de/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=samtflmore.txt&id=fastlink&pass=&search=R=254&format=WEBVOLLLANG State information system Schleswig-Holstein] From 1972 to 1981, he was a member of the Bundestag.

In the 1981–1985 Thorn Commission, Narjes was Commissioner for Parliamentary Relations and for Competition

In the 1985–1988 Delors Commission, he was a Vice-President of the Commission and Commission for Industry, information technology and science and research.