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Wolfgang Schäuble

1942 - 2023

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Wolfgang Schäuble (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈʃɔʏblə]; 18 September 1942 – 26 December 2023) was a German politician whose political career spanned more than five decades. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he was the longest-serving member of any democratic German parliament. Schäuble served as the 13th president of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021. Born in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1942, Schäuble studied at both the University of Freiburg and the University of Hamburg and subsequently began a career in law at the district court of Offenburg in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Schäuble is the 3,200th most popular politician (down from 2,216th in 2019), the 831st most popular biography from Germany (down from 612th in 2019) and the 234th most popular German Politician.

Wolfgang Schäuble is most famous for his role as German Minister of Finance from 1998 to 2009, and as President of the Bundestag from 2002 to 2005.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wolfgang Schäuble ranks 3,200 out of 19,576. Before him are Juvénal Habyarimana, Carin Göring, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Ludwig Quidde, Richard Walther Darré, and Mircea II of Wallachia. After him are Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, João Goulart, Iziaslav I of Kiev, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Henry Morgenthau Jr., and Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Wolfgang Schäuble ranks 78. Before him are Vladimír Mečiar, Tobin Bell, Robert H. Grubbs, Hissène Habré, Martin Seligman, and Françoise Dorléac. After him are Carlos Reutemann, Junichiro Koizumi, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Peter Greenaway, Felipe González, and Michael Crichton. Among people deceased in 2023, Wolfgang Schäuble ranks 49. Before him are Ben Ferencz, Li Keqiang, Ray Stevenson, Lucile Randon, Antonio Negri, and Ferid Murad. After him are Tony Bennett, Lisa Marie Presley, Robert Solow, Ivan Silayev, Miroslav Blažević, and Mary Quant.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Schäuble ranks 831 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Tetzel (1460), Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), and Ludwig Quidde (1858). After him are Hermann Cohen (1842), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), Bernd Schuster (1959), Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (1261), Juana Bormann (1893), and Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1729).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Wolfgang Schäuble ranks 234. Before him are Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700), Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865), Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851), Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636), and Ludwig Quidde (1858). After him are Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (1261), Juana Bormann (1893), Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826), Charles I of Württemberg (1823), and Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504).

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