Norbert Walter-Borjans

Norbert Walter-Borjans appeals to the part of me that values substance over spectacle in politics. A Bonn-trained economist who served seven years as North Rhine-Westphalia's finance minister before rising to co-lead the SPD, he built his reputation on numbers rather than rhetoric, even making his name pursuing tax evasion. I find that quietly admirable in an age of showmanship. The affectionate nickname NoWaBo suggests a man people genuinely warmed to, and to me he embodies the steady, ledger-minded technocrat who shapes a country less through grand speeches than through the unglamorous discipline of getting the books right.

Name (English)

Norbert Walter-Borjans

Name (Japanese)

ノルベルト・ワルターボーヤンス

Reading

のるべると・わるたーぼーやんす

Born

September 17, 1952 (age 73)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

Origin

Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Occupation

politician / political economist

University

University of Bonn

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• politician
• political economist

Last updated

2026-06-02

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