Wolfgang Rauls

Wolfgang Rauls
Rauls in 1991
Leader of the National Democratic Party
In office 11 February 1990 – 27 March 1990
Preceded by	Wolfgang Glaeser
Succeeded by	Position abolished Jürgen Schmieder (as Leader of the Association of Free Democrats)
Mayor of Gommern
In office 31 December 2005 – 30 June 2012
Deputy	Annette Schulze
Preceded by	Klaus Petersen
Succeeded by	Jens Hünerbein
Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt
Acting
In office 28 November 1993 – 2 December 1993
Deputy	himself
Preceded by	Werner Münch
Succeeded by	Christoph Bergner
Deputy Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt
In office 12 September 1991 – 21 July 1994
Minister-President	Werner Münch Christoph Bergner
Preceded by	Gerd Brunner
Succeeded by	Heidrun Heidecke
Minister for the Environment and Nature Conservation of Saxony-Anhalt
In office 2 November 1990 – 21 July 1994
Minister-President	Gerd Gies Werner Münch Christoph Bergner
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Heidrun Heidecke (Environment, Nature Conservation and Regional Planning)
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt In office 16 May 2002 – 1 January 2006 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Uwe Droese Constituency Free Democratic Party List In office 28 October 1990 – 21 July 1994 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Free Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born	Wolfgang Rauls (1948-06-17)17 June 1948 Rohrsheim, Province of Saxony-Anhalt, Soviet occupation zone (now Germany)
Died	19 June 2023(2023-06-19) (aged 75)
Political party	Free Democratic Party (1990–)
Other political affiliations	Association of Free Democrats (1990) National Democratic Party (GDR) (1968–1990)
Residence	Gommern
Alma mater	Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissenschaft der DDR
Occupation	Politician civil servant party clerk Electrician

Wolfgang Rauls (17 June 1948 – 19 June 2023^[1]) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He was the last leader of the National Democratic Party during the Wende, before its eventual merger into the Free Democratic Party. After German reunification, he entered state politics in Saxony-Anhalt, serving as Minister for the Environment and, eventually, Deputy Minister-President in the CDU cabinets from 1990 to 1994.^[2]