Volker Bouffier

Volker Bouffier
File:MJK00898 Volker Bouffier.jpg Volker Bouffier, 2016
Minister President of Hesse
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 August 2010
Deputy	Tarek Al-Wazir
Preceded by	Roland Koch
Minister of Interior of Hesse
In office 7 April 1999 – 31 August 2010
Prime Minister	Roland Koch
Preceded by	Gerhard Bökel
Succeeded by	Boris Rhein
Secretary of State for Justice of Hesse
In office 24 April 1987 – 5 April 1991
Prime Minister	Walter Wallmann
Preceded by	Hans Joachim Suchan
Succeeded by	Dieter Schmidt
Chairman of CDU Hesse
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 Jun 2010
Prime Minister	Roland Koch Volker Bouffier
Deputy	Franz Josef Jung Eva Kühne-Hörmann Lucia Puttrich
Preceded by	Roland Koch
President of the Bundesrat
In office 1 November 2014 – 31 October 2015
Preceded by	Stephan Weil
Succeeded by	Stanislaw Tillich
Personal details
Born	(1951-12-18) 18 December 1951 Gießen, West Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	CDU
Religion	Lutheranism

Volker Bouffier (b. 18 December 1951 in Gießen) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. His mother is from Stara Pazova, Serbia. Since 31 August 2010 he is the 8th Minister President of the German state of Hesse. He was the 69th President of the Bundesrat in 2014/15. Additionally, he has been the chairman of Hesse's CDU since July 2010. From 1999 to 2010, he was minister of interior and sports in the state of Hesse.

Political offices
Preceded by Roland Koch (CDU)	Minister-President of Hesse 2010 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent