Volker Bouffier

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.

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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)

Origin

Giessen, Giessen Government Region, Germany

Occupation

politician / lawyer / notary

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rabbit

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

• Official sitehttps://www.volker-bouffier.de/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker%20Bouffier
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69341

Tags

• Giessen Government Region
• politician
• lawyer
• notary

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.