Volker Rühe is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. 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... Wikipedia
Born: 1942 (age 81 years), Hamburg, Germany
Previous offices: Federal Minister of Defence of Germany (1992–1998) and Member of the German Bundestag (1976–2005)
Books: The New Germany in Europe
Education: University of Hamburg and Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium
Chancellor: Helmut Kohl