Karl DeresKarl Deres was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union and former member of the German Bundestag.LifeKarl Deres joined the CDU in 1960. He was a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament from 1975 to 1980. There he was elected via his constituency. From 1980 to 1994 he was a member of the German Bundestag for four terms. He was elected for the CDU via a direct mandate in Rhineland-Palatinate.