Wolfgang Schäuble 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. Schäuble served as the 13th president of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021.
Schäuble in 2006
Schäuble in early years
Schäuble (front centre) as Federal Minister of the Interior, 1989
Schäuble in 2007
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is the major catch-all party of the centre-right in German politics.
1949 election poster of the CDU reading "We cannot do magic — but we can work/do our job. Help us. Vote for CDU. It's about Germany!"
1949 election poster of the CDU reading "The Rescue: CDU"
The election poster of 1957 reading "No experiments" and featuring then Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (This was the only federal election in which the CDU obtained an absolute majority in the Bundestag.)
East German CDU leader Lothar de Maizière (left) with West German CDU leader Helmut Kohl in September 1990