Johannes Rau

Johannes Rau
Johannes Rau
	Rau in 2004
President of Germany
	In office; 1 July 1999 – 30 June 2004
Chancellor	Gerhard Schröder
Preceded by	Roman Herzog
Succeeded by	Horst Köhler
Minister-President of; North Rhine-Westphalia
	In office; 20 September 1978 – 9 June 1998
Deputy	Horst-Ludwig Riemer; Burkhard Hirsch; Diether Posser; Herbter Schnoor; Michael Vesper;
Preceded by	Heinz Kühn
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Clement
President of the Bundesrat
	In office; 1 November 1994 – 31 October 1995
First Vice President	Klaus Wedemeier
Preceded by	Klaus Wedemeier
Succeeded by	Edmund Stoiber
	In office; 1 November 1982 – 31 October 1983
First Vice President	Hans Koschnick
Preceded by	Hans Koschnick
Succeeded by	Franz Josef Strauss
Minister-President
North Rhine-Westphalia Cabinet
Minister for Federal Affairs
	In office; 4 June 1980 – 18 August 1980
Minister-President	himself
Preceded by	Christoph Zöpel
Succeeded by	Dieter Haak
Minister of Science and Research
	In office; 28 July 1970 – 20 September 1978
Minister-President	Heinz Kühn;
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Reimut Jochimsen
Lord Mayor of Wuppertal
	In office; 1969–1970
Preceded by	Hermann Herberts
Succeeded by	Gottfried Gurland
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the; Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia ; for Wuppertal III
	In office; 21 July 1958 – 30 June 1999
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Marianne Dohmen
Personal details
Born	16 January 1931; Wuppertal, Rhine Province, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Died	27 January 2006 (aged 75); Berlin, Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1957–2006)
Other political; affiliations	All-German People's Party (1950–1957)
Spouse	Christina Rau (m. 1982)
Children	3
Occupation	Politician; Publisher;
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Johannes Rau (German: [joˈhanəs ˈʁaʊ] ^ⓘ; 16 January 1931 – 27 January 2006) was a German politician who served as President of Germany from 1999 to 2004. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he previously served as the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 1998. In the latter role, he also served as President of the Bundesrat in 1982/83 and in 1994/95.