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Rudolf Scharping

1947 - Today

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Rudolf Albert Scharping (born 2 December 1947) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He first rose to prominence as Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate (1991–1994). He was his party's federal chairman from 1993 to 1995 and in 1994 ran an effort, ultimately unsuccessful, to oust Chancellor Helmut Kohl in the federal elections. In 1998, he became Defence Minister in the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder but resigned shortly before the 2002 elections. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Scharping is the 14,757th most popular politician (down from 14,480th in 2024), the 4,631st most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,614th in 2019) and the 1,186th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rudolf Scharping ranks 14,757 out of 19,576. Before him are Ba Mamadou Mbaré, Gennady Burbulis, Enlil-nasir I, Moshe Lion, Mykolas Biržiška, and Kamal Hassan Ali. After him are Liang Guanglie, Tomás Romero Pereira, Théoneste Bagosora, Smail Hamdani, Karel Urbánek, and Silvia Cartwright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Rudolf Scharping ranks 526. Before him are Nolan Ryan, Gabriele Hinzmann, René Desaeyere, Ernie Lively, Mazie Hirono, and Dagmar Käsling. After him are Steve Marriott, Aneka, Richard Portnow, Moses Blah, Tua Forsström, and Dương Thu Hương.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Scharping ranks 4,634 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernd Cullmann (1939), Gerhard Ritter (1888), Albrecht Becker (1906), Oskar von Miller (1855), Richard Schorr (1867), and Ellen von Unwerth (1954). After him are Otto Heckmann (1901), Melchior Vulpius (1570), Manfred Krug (1937), Burghart Klaußner (1949), Edward Berger (1970), and Sigmund Haringer (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Rudolf Scharping ranks 1,186. Before him are Aleida Assmann (1947), Eugen Bolz (1881), Charles-Mathias Simons (1802), Johann Wadephul (1963), Gerhard Stoltenberg (1928), and Joseph von Radowitz (1797). After him are Andriy Taran (1955), Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893), Günther Beckstein (1943), Otto Winzer (1902), Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1790), and Haim Katz (1947).

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