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Volker Wissing

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Volker Wissing (born 22 April 1970) is a German lawyer and former judge who served as the Minister for Transport in the federal government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 to 2025 and as Minister of Justice from 2024 to 2025. Wissing was previously the Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate in the state government under Minister-President Malu Dreyer from 2016 to 2021 and a member of the German Bundestag from 2004 to 2013. He was the general secretary of the Free Democratic Party from 2020 to 2022. Wissing declared his resignation from the party on 7 November 2024 in order to remain part of the Scholz cabinet in the wake of the 2024 German government crisis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Volker Wissing is the 17,959th most popular politician (up from 18,256th in 2024), the 5,890th most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,118th in 2019) and the 1,304th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Volker Wissing ranks 17,959 out of 19,576. Before him are Janusz Wójcik, Khalida Jarrar, Brice Hortefeux, Nathalie Loiseau, Ralph Torres, and Russell Dlamini. After him are Walden Bello, Mariano Trías, Andreas Norlén, Avril Haines, Smith Thompson, and Géza Szőcs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Volker Wissing ranks 517. Before him are Payman Maadi, Vladimir Chagin, Gina Philips, Catriona Le May Doan, Anthony Ruivivar, and Nicole Ari Parker. After him are Futoshi Ikeda, Masahiro Endo, Toru Kawashima, Jouko Ahola, Mutiu Adepoju, and Keiichiro Toyama.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Volker Wissing ranks 5,893 out of 7,253. Before him are Margot Käßmann (1958), Diana Gansky (1963), Chris Welp (1964), Olivia Brown (1960), Udo Quellmalz (1967), and Clemens Fritz (1980). After him are Gesine Lötzsch (1961), Jutta Behrendt (1960), Peter Scholze (1987), Simone Thomalla (1965), Nicole Vaidišová (1989), and Julia Jentsch (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Volker Wissing ranks 1,304. Before him are Erwin Sellering (1949), Volker Beck (1960), Bernd Riexinger (1955), Petra Pau (1963), Martin Sonneborn (1965), and Isabelle Faust (1972). After him are Gesine Lötzsch (1961), Wolfgang Tiefensee (1955), Peter Müller (1955), Michael Kretschmer (1975), Jens Spahn (1980), and Sharice Davids (1980).

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