Volker Kauder
Volker Kauder | |
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Kauder in 2015 | |
| Leader of the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag | |
| In office 21 November 2005 – 25 September 2018 | |
| First Deputy | Peter Ramsauer Hans-Peter Friedrich Gerda Hasselfeldt Alexander Dobrindt |
| Chief Whip | Norbert Röttgen Peter Altmaier Michael Grosse-Brömer |
| Preceded by | Angela Merkel |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Brinkhaus |
| General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union | |
| In office 22 December 2004 – 5 December 2005 | |
| Leader | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Laurenz Meyer |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Pofalla |
| Chief Whip of the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag | |
| In office 17 October 2002 – 25 January 2005 | |
| Leader | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Hans-Peter Repnik |
| Succeeded by | Norbert Röttgen |
| Member of the Bundestag for Rottweil – Tuttlingen | |
| In office 20 December 1990 – 26 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Franz Sauter |
| Succeeded by | Maria-Lena Weiss |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 September 1949 Hoffenheim, West Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Spouse | Elisabeth Biechele |
| Education | University of Freiburg |
Volker Kauder (born 3 September 1949) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as parliamentary group leader of the ruling CDU/CSU faction in the German Bundestag from 2005 to 2018, during which he was frequently referred to as the "right hand" of Chancellor Angela Merkel.