Wolfgang Schäuble

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Wolfgang Schäuble
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Meenister o Finance
In office
28 October 2009 – 24 October 2017
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Precedit biPeer Steinbrück
Succeedit biOlaf Scholz
Meenister o the Interior
In office
22 November 2005 – 27 October 2009
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Precedit biOtto Schily
Succeedit biThomas de Maizière
In office
21 Aprile 1989 – 26 November 1991
ChancellorHelmut Kohl
Precedit biFriedrich Zimmermann
Succeedit biRudolf Seiters
Chief o the Chancellery
Minister for Special Affairs
In office
15 November 1984 – 21 Aprile 1989
ChancellorHelmut Kohl
Precedit biWaldemar Schreckenberger
Succeedit biRudolf Seiters
Personal details
Born (1942-09-18) 18 September 1942 (age 80)
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Poleetical pairtyChristian Democratic Union
Spoose(s)Ingeborg Schäuble (1969–present)
Bairns4
Alma materVarsity o Freiburg
Varsity o Hamburg
ReligionLutheranism
WabsteidOfficial website

Wolfgang Schäuble ([ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈʃɔʏblə] born 18 September 1942) is a German politeecian o the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) that haes serrt as Germany's Federal Meenister o Finance in the seicont an third Merkel cabinets frae 2009 tae 2017, when he became Preses o the Bundestag.