Wolfgang Schäuble

Wolfgang Schäuble     (politician)
Born	18 September 1942 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Died	26 December 2023 (Age 81)
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Freiburg, University of Hamburg
Religion	Lutheranism
Children	4
Spouse	Ingeborg Schäuble
Member of	Aspen Institute Germany
Party	Christian Democratic Union
German Bilderberger, MSC, WEF AGM, lawyer and politician. Saw Covid as an opportunity to ram through a centralized EU economic and financial union.  President of the Bundestag In office 24 October 2017 - 26 October 2021  Germany/Minister/Finance  In office 28 October 2009 - 24 October 2017 Preceded by Peer Steinbrück Succeeded by Peter Altmaier  Germany/Minister/Interior  In office 22 November 2005 - 27 October 2009 Preceded by Otto Schily Succeeded by Thomas de Maizière  Germany/Minister for Special Affairs In office 15 November 1984 - 21 April 1989  Association of European Border Regions/President In office 1979 - 1983 Preceded by Horst Gerlach  Member of the Bundestag  In office 19 November 1972 - 26 December 2023 Preceded by Walter Hallstein  Germany/Minister of the Interior In office 22 November 2005 - 27 October 2009 Preceded by Otto Schily Succeeded by Thomas de Maizière  Leader of the Christian Democratic Union In office 7 November 1998 - 16 February 2000 Preceded by Helmut Kohl  Germany/Minister/Interior  In office 21 April 1989 - 26 November 1991  Chair of the CDU/CSU in the Bundestag In office 25 November 1991 - 29 February 2000  Germany/Chief of the Chancellery In office 15 November 1984 - 21 April 1989

Dr Wolfgang Schäuble was a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. "A committed transatlanticist", his political career has spanned more than four decades. A supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, he attended the Bilderberg meeting the same year, and became finance minister in 2005.

Background

Born in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1942, Schäuble studied at both the University of Freiburg and the University of Hamburg.

Career

His political career began in 1969 as a member of the Junge Union, the youth division of the CDU and CSU. Schäuble considered the former Baden-Württemberg Minister-President Hans Filbinger as his political foster father, and paid homage to him until the very end. In 1978, it was exposed that Filbinger was a dedicated NSDAP-member and military judge during World War 2.

In 1972, Schäuble was elected to the Bundestag, and he was a member of the Bundestag until his death. His ministerial career began in 1984 when he was appointed minister for special affairs by chancellor Helmut Kohl. In a 1989 reshuffle, Schäuble was appointed minister of the interior, and he led negotiations for reunification on behalf of West Germany

During the German unification he argued to have the files of the East German intelligence agency Stasi destroyed.

During his tenure as minister of the interior, Schäuble was one of the most popular politicians in Germany and was regularly mentioned as a possible future chancellor,.

After the defeat of the CDU/CSU in the 1998 federal election, Schäuble succeeded his mentor Helmut Kohl as chairman of the CDU. He resigned from the post as chairman of the CDU, as well as from the leadership of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in 2000, in the wake of the party financing scandal where he received DM 100,000 from the arms dealer and lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber back in 1994.

In 2003, he wanted Germany to support or even join in the US invasion of Iraq.

In 2005, Schäuble again became minister of the interior in the cabinet of chancellor Angela Merkel, and in 2009 minister of finance, a position he remained in for almost eight years.

On 27 September 2017, the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag announced Schäuble's nomination as President of the Bundestag. He was elected to that position on 24 October 2017 and held that position until the CDU/CSU was defeated in the 2021 federal election.

Covid

In August 2020, he saw Covid as an opportunity to ram through a centralized EU economic and financial union:

The corona crisis is a great opportunity. Resistance to change becomes less during the crisis. We can now manage the [EU] economic and financial union, which we have not been able to achieve politically so far ...

Looting of Greece

He is much disliked in Greece owing to the looting ("austerity measures") he forced on the country, on behalf of international banks A prominent critic is Yanis Varoufakis, who was his negotiating partner.

 

A Quote by Wolfgang Schäuble

Page	Quote	Date
Germany	“And we in Germany have not been fully sovereign at any time since May 8, 1945.”	2011

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2003	15 May 2003	18 May 2003	France Versailles	The 51st Bilderberg, in Versailles, France
Bilderberg/2016	9 June 2016	12 June 2016	Germany Dresden	The 2016 Bilderberg meeting took place in Dresden, Germany.
Brussels Forum/2007	2007	2007	Belgium Brussels	2007 get-together of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/2009	20 March 2009	22 March 2009	Belgium Brussels	Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Munich Security Conference/2009	2009	2009	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 45th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2011	4 February 2011	6 February 2011	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2013	1 February 2013	3 February 2013	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 49th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2017	17 February 2017	19 February 2017	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 53rd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2020	14 February 2020	16 February 2020	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014	22 January 2014	25 January 2014	Switzerland WEF	2603 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2015	21 January 2015	24 January 2015	Switzerland WEF	Attended by a lot of people. This page lists only the 261 "Public Figures".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2016	20 January 2016	23 January 2016	Switzerland WEF	Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017	17 January 2017	20 January 2017	Switzerland WEF	2952 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."

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