Jürgen Rüttgers
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Jürgen Rüttgers is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as the 9th Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2005 to 2010.
Rüttger in 1977
Rüttgers on a 2000 poster of the CDU
Armin Laschet
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Armin Laschet is a German politician who served as Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 27 June 2017 to 26 October 2021. He served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 22 January 2021 to 31 January 2022. He was elected to the German Bundestag following the 2021 German federal election.
Armin Laschet in Cologne in 2023.
Armin Laschet with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen in 2015, while they were deputy leaders of the CDU