Volker Bouffier

Volker Bouffier MdL
Bouffier in 2016
Minister-President of Hesse
In office 31 August 2010 – 31 May 2022
Deputy	Jörg-Uwe Hahn Tarek Al-Wazir
Preceded by	Roland Koch
Succeeded by	Boris Rhein
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in Hessen
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 July 2010
Deputy	Eva Kühne-Hörmann
Preceded by	Roland Koch
Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
In office 15 November 2010 – 22 January 2022 Serving with Silvia Breher, Jens Spahn, Julia Klöckner and Thomas Strobl
Leader	Angela Merkel Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Armin Laschet
Preceded by	Roland Koch
Succeeded by	Michael Kretschmer
President of the Bundesrat
In office 1 November 2014 – 31 October 2015
Deputy	Stephan Weil
Preceded by	Stephan Weil
Succeeded by	Stanislaw Tillich
Hessian Minister of the Interior and Sport
In office 7 April 1999 – 31 August 2010
Minister-President	Roland Koch
Preceded by	Gerhard Bökel
Succeeded by	Boris Rhein
Hessian State Secretary for Justice
In office 24 April 1987 – 5 April 1991
Minister-President	Walter Wallmann
Preceded by	Hans Joachim Suchan
Succeeded by	Dieter Schmidt
Member of the Landtag of Hesse for Giessen II
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 April 1999
Preceded by	Karl Starzacher
In office 5 April 1991 – 5 April 1999
Constituency	CDU List
In office 1 December 1982 – 17 April 1987
Constituency	CDU List
Personal details
Born	(1951-12-18) 18 December 1951 (age 72) Giessen, Hessen, West Germany
Political party	CDU

Volker Bouffier (born 18 December 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister President of the German state of Hessen from 31 August 2010 to 31 May 2022. From 1 November 2014 until 31 October 2015 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany.

Bouffier has been serving as the chairman of the CDU in Hesse since July 2010. From 1999 to 2010, he was State Minister of Interior and Sports in of Hessen. Bouffier is a lawyer by profession. Because of his participation in state government, he is the longest serving Member of the Bundesrat, representing Hessen since 1999.