# Volker Rühe

> Volker Rühe is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as German Defence minister from 1 April 1992, succeeding Gerhard Stoltenberg during the first government of a reunified Germany in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Kohl, to the end of the fifth Kohl Cabinet on 27 October 1998. During his time at the Defence Ministry Rühe played a central role in placing NATO enlargement on the German political agenda. He unsuccessfully ran for the office of minister-president of the German state Schleswig-Holstein in the year 2000, eventually losing against incumbent Heide Simonis.

*Former German politician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/volker-ruhe

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1942-09-25
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 23.3 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 11.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Volker Rühe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_R%C3%BChe)
- [فولكر روه](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87)
- [Фолькер Руэ](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%8D)
- [Volker Rühe](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_R%C3%BChe)
- [فولکر روهه](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D9%87)
- [Volker Rühe](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_R%C3%BChe)
- [Volker Rühe](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_R%C3%BChe)
- [フォルカー・リューエ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A8)
- [Volkerus Rühe](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkerus_R%C3%BChe)
- [Volker Rühe](https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_R%C3%BChe)
- [Volker Rühe](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_R%C3%BChe)
- [Volker Rühe](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_R%C3%BChe)
- [Рюэ, Фолькер](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8E%D1%8D%2C_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volker_R%C3%BChe)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84388)

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