Guido Wolf (politician)
| Guido Wolf | |
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Wolf in 2013
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| Member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg | |
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In office 2006 – present |
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28 September 1961 Weingarten, Württemberg, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
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. Since May 2016, Wolf is Minister of Justice and European Affairs in Baden-Württemberg in the Cabinet Kretschmann II.
Wolf grew up in Weingarten. After receiving his high school diploma in Ravensburg he studied law at the University of Konstanz. Upon completing his traineeship at the regional court district Ravensburg, the county councillor's office in Ravensburg and the Regierungspräsidium (Administrative Council) Tübingen, he underwent a specialization program in "Management and Finance" at Konstanz University. In 1988 he took his second state examination.
Upon completing his legal education, Wolf worked at the district office of Tuttlingen as Councillor for Public Safety, Order and Traffic until 1991. He was then employed until 1993 as a personal assistant and office manager for Baden-Württemberg's Transport Minister Thomas Schäuble. During the following two years he served as a judge at the administrative court in Sigmaringen. From 1994 until October 1996 he worked as a Head of Unit in the policy department of the Baden-Württemberg State Ministry.
In November 1996 Wolf was elected mayor of Nürtingen. In 2003 he was elected county councillor in the district of Tuttlingen. Three years later he was elected to the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg in 2006 and re-elected 2011. In the same year he was also chosen to be president of the Landtag. In December 2014 he succeeded Peter Hauk as faction leader of the CDU in the Landtag and was elected in January 2015. At the same time, the CDU's state party convention nominated him as its leading candidate for the 2016 Baden-Württemberg state elections.
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