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Hendrik Wüst
Hendrik Wüst, born in 1975 in Rhede, is a German lawyer and CDU politician.
- Born
- 1975 (51 years), Rhede
- Party
- Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
- Office
- Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia 2021–
Member of the Bundesrat of Germany 2021– - Education
- University of Münster
- Website
- hendrik-wuest.de
Centre-right · Where sources place the party (Christian Democratic Union (CDU))
Wikipedia: conservative wing of the CDU; party placed centre-right
Ideology: conservatism, Christian democracy
14%Probability · Chancellor of Germany before 2028?
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He has been Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia since October 2021 and CDU state chairman there. In September 2024 he declined to run as chancellor candidate and backed Friedrich Merz. He is named among the possible contenders for Chancellor of Germany before 2028.
Career
Wüst joined the CDU in 1990 and was elected to the Rhede city council in 1994. He chaired the Junge Union in North Rhine-Westphalia from 2000 to 2006, studied law at the University of Münster and qualified as a lawyer in 2003. He entered the state parliament in 2005 and was the state CDU's general secretary from 2006 to 2010. From 2017 to 2021 he was transport minister under Armin Laschet. He became CDU state chairman on 23 October 2021 and Minister-President on 27 October 2021, and the CDU came first in the 2022 state election under his leadership.
- Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia 2021–
- Member of the Bundesrat of Germany 2021–
- Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia 2005–
- Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation 2022–2022
- Deputy member of the Bundesrat of Germany 2017–2021
- Minister of Environment and Transport of North Rhine-Westphalia 2017–2021
Positions
Wikipedia places him in the conservative wing of the CDU and notes that in 2007 he co-authored a white paper on modern civic conservatism. In September 2024 he declined a chancellor candidacy for the 2025 federal election and endorsed Friedrich Merz.
Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia
Photo: Estonian Foreign Ministry, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
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- Hendrik Wüst 14%
Sep 16Sep 26Oct 7
Chancellor of Germany before 2028?
| Outcome | Left – Right | Age | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Next Chancellor before 2028 | 69% | ||
| Hendrik Wüst | Centre-right | 51 | 14% |
| Markus Söder | Centre-right | 59 | 5% |
| Alice Weidel | Far right | 47 | 3% |
| Boris Pistorius | 1% | ||
| Lars Klingbeil | 1% | ||
| Felix Banaszak | <1% | ||
| Carsten Linnemann | <1% | ||
| Jens Spahn | <1% | ||
| Tino Chrupalla | <1% | ||
| Katharina Dröge | <1% | ||
| Heidi Reichinnek | <1% |