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My Take
Volker Bouffier fascinates me as a study in political endurance. Leading Hesse for twelve years, presiding over the Bundesrat, and chairing his party for over a decade signals genuine staying power. As a lawyer and notary, he brought legal rigor to governance, yet he also collected BigBrotherAwards for his stance on surveillance, marking him as a genuinely divisive figure. I find that tension compelling. The politicians who provoke real argument are usually the ones actually wielding power, not just occupying it. Bouffier strikes me as a hard-nosed operator who absorbed both praise and criticism, and figures who split opinion are always the most interesting to me.
Overview
Volker Bouffier (born 18 December 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister President of the German state of Hessen from 31 August 2010 to 31 May 2022. From 1 November 2014 until 31 October 2015 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany. Bouffier has been serving as the chairman of the CDU in Hesse since July 2010.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Volker Bouffier
- Name (Japanese)
- フォルカー・ボウフィアー
- Reading
- ふぉるかー・ぼうふぃあー
- Born
- December 18, 1951 (age 74)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rabbit
- Origin
- Giessen, Giessen Government Region, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / lawyer / notary
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Giessen
Awards & achievements
- 2005 Hessian Order of Merit
- 2002 BigBrotherAwards
- 2018 Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2005 BigBrotherAwards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.