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Wolfgang Schäuble

1942 - 2023

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Wolfgang Schäuble (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈʃɔʏblə]; 18 September 1942 – 26 December 2023) was a German politician whose political career spanned more than five decades. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he was the longest-serving member of any democratic German parliament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Schäuble has received more than 1,154,468 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Schäuble is the 2,904th most popular politician (up from 3,008th in 2019), the 789th most popular biography from Germany (up from 832nd in 2019) and the 230th most popular German Politician.

Wolfgang Schäuble is most famous for his role as German Minister of Finance from 1998 to 2009, and as President of the Bundestag from 2002 to 2005.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wolfgang Schäuble ranks 2,904 out of 15,577. Before him are Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, Thaksin Shinawatra, Laura Bush, Syphax, Mahmud I of Great Seljuq, and Andronikos IV Palaiologos. After him are Ashraf Ghani, William Pitt the Younger, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Amalaric, Francis, Count of Vendôme, and Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Wolfgang Schäuble ranks 73. Before him are Hissène Habré, Thabo Mbeki, Vicente Fox, Margaret Court, Larry Flynt, and George Jung. After him are Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Jean-Claude Trichet, Daniel Dennett, Caetano Veloso, George Vella, and Vladimír Mečiar. Among people deceased in 2023, Wolfgang Schäuble ranks 38. Before him are Ferid Murad, Jacques Delors, K. Alex Müller, Tony Bennett, Mohamed Al-Fayed, and Miroslav Blažević. After him are Paul Berg, Rosalynn Carter, Harry Markowitz, Burt Young, Alain Touraine, and Lucile Randon.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Schäuble ranks 789 out of 6,142. Before him are Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414), Gotthard Kettler (1517), Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Hans Fallada (1893), and Maria Barbara Bach (1684). After him are Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Eduard Dietl (1890), Rudolf Schenker (1948), Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792), and Carl Friedrich Abel (1723).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Wolfgang Schäuble ranks 230. Before him are Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (1261), Richard Baer (1911), Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504), and Gotthard Kettler (1517). After him are Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821), Gudrun Burwitz (1929), Agnes of Merania (1175), Gustav Radbruch (1878), Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528), and Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873).

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