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Wolfgang Clement

1940 - 2020

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Wolfgang Clement (German: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈkleːmɛnt]; 7 July 1940 – 27 September 2020) was a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was the 7th Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 27 May 1998 to 22 October 2002 and Federal Minister of Economics and Labour from 2002 to 2005. He was an Honorary Member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. He was known for being one of the architects of the Agenda 2010 labor market reforms under chancellor Gerhard Schröder in the early 2000s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Clement is the 15,502nd most popular politician (down from 15,459th in 2024), the 4,949th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,989th in 2019) and the 1,217th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wolfgang Clement ranks 15,502 out of 19,576. Before him are Michael Manley, Sergey Aksyonov, Gabriele Zimmer, Jaroslav Walter, Jacinda Ardern, and William M. Tweed. After him are Isabella Abbott, Gudrun Schyman, Stephen Gardiner, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Jagmeet Singh, and Zvonimir Serdarušić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Wolfgang Clement ranks 432. Before him are Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Marju Lauristin, Jacques Duquesne, Slaven Zambata, Barbara Boxer, and Richard D. Ryder. After him are Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Michael Herr, Fred Hansen, Mary Ellen Mark, Mary Beth Peil, and Sotsha Dlamini. Among people deceased in 2020, Wolfgang Clement ranks 527. Before him are Alki Zei, Irina Antonova, Marion Hänsel, Noël Vandernotte, Slaven Zambata, and Giovanni Battista Rabino. After him are Julio Anguita, Marko Elsner, Elsa Joubert, Agathonas Iakovidis, Kevin Conway, and Caroline Cellier.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Clement ranks 4,952 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Möhring (1710), Lothar Kurbjuweit (1950), Gabriele Zimmer (1955), Herbert Zimmermann (1954), Albert Zürner (1890), and Marco Bode (1969). After him are C418 (1989), Wilhelm Baumann (1912), Frank Ordenewitz (1965), Rainer Ludwig Claisen (1851), Kurt Behrens (1884), and Peter Schenk the Elder (1660).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Wolfgang Clement ranks 1,217. Before him are Frauke Petry (1975), Theo Waigel (1939), Annemarie Renger (1919), Otto Scheff (1889), Heide Simonis (1943), and Gabriele Zimmer (1955). After him are Klaus Schütz (1926), Günther Oettinger (1953), Rainer Brüderle (1945), Björn Höcke (1972), Willy Bandholz (1912), and Walter Lübcke (1953).

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