Roland Claus

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.

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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)

Origin

Hettstedt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Occupation

politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Horse

University

Merseburg University of Applied Sciences

• Official sitehttp://www.rolandclaus.de/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland%20Claus
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95812

Tags

• Saxony-Anhalt
• politician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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