Volker Bouffier

Volker Bouffier
Bouffier in 2016
Minister-President of Hesse
In office
31 August 2010 – 31 May 2022
DeputyJörg-Uwe Hahn
Tarek Al-Wazir
Preceded byRoland Koch
Succeeded byBoris Rhein
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in Hessen
Assumed office
12 July 2010
DeputyEva Kühne-Hörmann
Preceded byRoland Koch
Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
In office
15 November 2010 – 22 January 2022
LeaderAngela Merkel
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Armin Laschet
Preceded byRoland Koch
Succeeded byMichael Kretschmer
President of the Bundesrat
In office
1 November 2014 – 31 October 2015
DeputyStephan Weil
Preceded byStephan Weil
Succeeded byStanislaw Tillich
Hessian Minister of the Interior and Sport
In office
7 April 1999 – 31 August 2010
Minister-PresidentRoland Koch
Preceded byGerhard Bökel
Succeeded byBoris Rhein
Hessian State Secretary for Justice
In office
24 April 1987 – 5 April 1991
Minister-PresidentWalter Wallmann
Preceded byHans Joachim Suchan
Succeeded byDieter Schmidt
Member of the Landtag of Hesse
for Giessen II
Assumed office
5 April 1999
Preceded byKarl Starzacher
In office
5 April 1991 – 5 April 1999
ConstituencyCDU List
In office
1 December 1982 – 17 April 1987
ConstituencyCDU List
Personal details
Born (1951-12-18) 18 December 1951 (age 72)
Giessen, Hessen, West Germany
Political partyCDU

Volker Bouffier (born 18 December 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister President of the German state of Hessen from 31 August 2010 to 31 May 2022. From 1 November 2014 until 31 October 2015 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany.

Bouffier has been serving as the chairman of the CDU in Hesse since July 2010. From 1999 to 2010, he was State Minister of Interior and Sports in of Hessen. Bouffier is a lawyer by profession. Because of his participation in state government, he is the longest serving Member of the Bundesrat, representing Hessen since 1999.


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