Wolfgang Schäuble

Wolfgang Schäuble was a German politician whose political career spanned more than five decades. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, he was the longest-serving member of any democratic German parliament. Schäuble served as the 13th president of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021. Born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Schäuble studied at both the University of Freiburg and the University of Hamburg and subsequently began a career in law at the district court of Offenburg in 1978.