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Wolfgang Schäuble

Wolfgang Schäuble, German government official, German legislator, lawyer. Decorated Commander Ordre National du Mérite, Commander Legion of Honor.

Background

  • Schäuble, Wolfgang was born on September 18, 1942 in Freiburg, Germany. Son of Karl and Gertrud (Gohring) Schäuble.

  • Education

    • Student, University Freiburg, University Hamburg.

    Career

    • Member of Parliament, Offenburg Wahlkreis district 284 constituency Bundestag (House of Representatives), Germany, since 1972. Private practice Offenburg, Germany, 1978—1984. Executive secretary Christian Democratic Union, Christian Social Union Parliamentary Group, 1981-1984, parliamentary leader, 1991-2000.

      Member parliament European Council, 1975-1984. Federal minister special tasks, head of chancellery Government of Germany, 1984-1989, federal minister interior, 1989-1991, 2005—2009, federal minister finance, since 2009. Chairman Christian Democratic Party, 1998-2000.

      Member of chair Christian Democratic Union, 2000. Vice chairman Christian Democratic Union Parliamentary Group, 2002—2005. Chairman Grosses Bundesverdienstkreuz.

    Personality

    Interests

    Chess, music.

    Connections

    • Married Ingeborg Hensle, 1969; 4 children.
    • mother: Gertrud (Gohring) Schäuble
    • spouse: Ingeborg Hensle
    • father: Karl Schäuble
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    Born September 18, 1942
    (age 73)
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    • 1972
      Member, of Parliament
    • 1975 - 1984
      member, parliament European Council
    • 1978 - 1984
      private practice, Offenburg
    • 1981 - 1984
      executive, secretary Christian Democratic Union
    • 1989 - 1991
      federal minister special tasks
    • 1998
      chairman, Christian Democratic Party
    • 2002 - 2005
      vice chairman, Christian Democratic Union Parliamentary Group
    • 2005 - 2009
      federal minister special tasks
    • 2009
      federal minister special tasks
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