Guido Wolf (politician)

Guido Wolf (2013)

Guido Wolf (born 28 September 1961 in Weingarten) is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU party. Since 2006 he is a MP of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. In 2015 he was elected faction leader of the CDU Baden-Württemberg and leading candidate for the 2016 Baden-Württemberg state elections. On 15 March 2016 he was re-elected as faction leader. Wolf also was county councillor (Landrat) from 2003 to 2011 in the district of Tuttlingen. From 2011 to 2015 he was president of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.[1] Since May 2016, Wolf is Minister of Justice and European Affairs in Baden-Württemberg in the Cabinet Kretschmann II.

Education and early career

Wolf grew up in Weingarten. After high school diploma in Ravensburg he studied law at the University of Konstanz. After traineeship at the regional court district Ravensburg, the county councillor's office in Ravensburg and the Regierungspräsidium (Administrative Council) Tübingen he completed a specialization program in "Management and Finance" at Konstanz University. In 1988 he completed the second state examination.[1]

After the end of his juristic training Wolf worked until 1991, first at the district office Tuttlingen as Councillor for Public Safety, Order and Traffic. He then worked until 1993 as a personal assistant and office manager for Baden-Württemberg Transport Minister Thomas Schäuble. For two years until the end of 1994 he was a judge at the administrative court Sigmaringen. From 1994 to October 1996 he worked as a Head of Unit in the policy department of the Baden-Württemberg State Ministry.[1]

Political career

In November 1996 Wolf was elected mayor of Nürtingen. 2003 he was elected county councillor in the district of Tuttlingen. He then was elected to the Landtag in 2006 and re-elected 2011. In the same year he also was elected president of the Landtag.[1] In December 2014 he succeeded Peter Hauk as faction leader of the CDU in the Landtag and was elected in January 2015.[2]

In a joint statement with CDU Rhineland-Palatinate leading candidate Julia Klöckner Wolf demanded in February 2016 daily refugee quotas and border centers for migrants. No one should be allowed to enter Germany without a reason for asylum or a protection status. With this statement pressure on Angela Merkel grew in the European migrant crisis.[3] The German government rejected the proposal.[4]

On 15 March 2016, after the 2016 Baden-Württemberg state elections, in which the CDU gained 27 percent of the votes - the worst result ever for the CDU in the state - Wolf was re-elected as faction leader. This was critisized by several CDU state politicians and county chapters, who accused Wolf of "arrogant" behaviour, because he didn't step down after the defeat.[5]

In May 2016, Wolf was appointed State Minister of Justice and European Affairs in the government of Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann of Baden-Württemberg.[6] As one of the state’s representatives at the Bundesrat, he has been serving as chairman of the Committee on European Affairs since Oktober 2016.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Wolf, Guido - Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
  2. ↑ Hauk gibt CDU-Fraktionsvorsitz ab, Stuttgarter Zeitung, in German
  3. ↑ CDU-Wahlkämpfer erhöhen Druck auf Merkel, Tagesschau, in German
  4. ↑ Merkel erteilt CDU-Spitzenkandidaten eine Abfuhr, Süddeutsche Zeitung, in German
  5. ↑ "Wolfs Überheblichkeit ist kaum mehr zu überbieten", Die Welt, in German
  6. ↑ CDU-Wahlverlierer wird Justizminister, Die Zeit, 10 May 2016, in German
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