Rainer Wieland

Rainer Wieland MEP
Vice-President of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 July 2009
President	Jerzy Buzek Martin Schulz Gianni Pittella (Acting) Antonio Tajani David Sassoli Roberta Metsola
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1997
Constituency	Germany
Personal details
Born	(1957-02-19) 19 February 1957 (age 67) Stuttgart, West Germany
Political party	German Christian Democratic Union  EU European People's Party
Alma mater	University of Heidelberg
Website	www.mdep.de

Rainer Wieland (born 19 February 1957 in Stuttgart) is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament for Germany since 1997. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.^[1] He has been a member of the European Parliament since 1997 and one of its vice-presidents since 2009. His area of responsibility as a member of the European Parliament includes the Stuttgart administrative district. Since 2011, Wieland has been president of the non-partisan Europa-Union Deutschland (Union of European Federalists Germany).