Volker Bouffier
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Volker Bouffier | |
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![]() Volker Bouffier, 2016 | |
Minister President of Hesse | |
Assumed office 31 August 2010 | |
Deputy | Tarek Al-Wazir |
Preceded by | Roland Koch |
Minister of Interior of Hesse | |
In office 7 April 1999 – 31 August 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Roland Koch |
Preceded by | Gerhard Bökel |
Succeeded by | Boris Rhein |
Secretary of State for Justice of Hesse | |
In office 24 April 1987 – 5 April 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Walter Wallmann |
Preceded by | Hans Joachim Suchan |
Succeeded by | Dieter Schmidt |
Chairman of CDU Hesse | |
Assumed office 12 Jun 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Roland Koch Volker Bouffier |
Deputy | Franz Josef Jung Eva Kühne-Hörmann Lucia Puttrich |
Preceded by | Roland Koch |
President of the Bundesrat | |
In office 1 November 2014 – 31 October 2015 | |
Preceded by | Stephan Weil |
Succeeded by | Stanislaw Tillich |
Personal details | |
Born | Gießen, ![]() | 18 December 1951
Political party | CDU |
Volker Bouffier (b. 18 December 1951 in Gießen) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. His mother is from Stara Pazova, Serbia. Since 31 August 2010 he is the 8th Minister President of the German state of Hesse. He was the 69th President of the Bundesrat in 2014/15. Additionally, he has been the chairman of Hesse's CDU since July 2010. From 1999 to 2010, he was minister of interior and sports in the state of Hesse.