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Roland Claus

ローラント・クラウス　/　ろーらんと・くらうす

Politician from Germany

December 18, 1954 (age 71)　・　Hettstedt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Saxony-Anhalt
politician

My Take

Roland Claus interests me as a witness to one of history's great ruptures. Born in 1954 in Hettstedt, in what was then East Germany, he rose to lead his party's Saxony-Anhalt branch right as the Berlin Wall fell, then served long stretches in the Bundestag with The Left. I am drawn to politicians who carry a specific regional reality into national chambers, and Claus seems to have spent his career voicing the eastern experience that reunification often glossed over. His technical training adds an unexpected, grounded dimension. Less spectacle, more rootedness. That kind of steady, place-bound politics quietly earns my regard.

Overview

Roland Claus (born 18 December 1954 in Hettstedt, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German politician. He was a member of the Bundestag from 1998 to 2002, and again from 2005 to 2017. Prior to his tenure in the Bundestag, he was the state chairman of Saxony-Anhalt from 1990 to 1997. He is a member of The Left.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Roland Claus
Name (Japanese): ローラント・クラウス
Reading: ろーらんと・くらうす
Born: December 18, 1954 (age 71)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Horse
Origin: Hettstedt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Merseburg University of Applied Sciences

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.rolandclaus.de/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9

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