# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/volker-kauder
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:10:49.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/volker-kauder"
name: "Volker Kauder"
slug: "volker-kauder"
description: "Volker Kauder is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as parliamentary group leader of the ruling CDU/CSU faction in the German Bundestag from 2005 to 2018, during which he was frequently referred to as the \"right hand\" of Chancellor Angela Merkel."
tagline: "German politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kauder%2C_Volker-8810.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-09-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.39363333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2169204/"
    handle:    "nm2169204"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://volker-kauder.de"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volker_Kauder"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "فولكر كاودر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kauder"
    title: "Volker Kauder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kauder"
    title: "Volker Kauder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kauder"
    title: "Volker Kauder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kauder"
    title: "Volker Kauder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kauder"
    title: "Volker Kauder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kauder"
    title: "Volker Kauder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkerus_Kauder"
    title: "Volkerus Kauder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kauder"
    title: "Volker Kauder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kauder"
    title: "Volker Kauder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volker_Kauder"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67164"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2086479"
    title: "Volker Kauder"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump