Age, Biography and Wiki
Birth Day | January 16, 1931 |
Birth Place | Germany |
Age | 89 YEARS OLD |
Died On | Jan 27, 2006 (age 75) |
Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Net worth: $1.1 Million (2024)
About
After serving as both President of the German Bundesrat (during the early 1980s) and Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (from the late 1970s until the late 1990s), this Social Democratic Party Politician took office as President of Germany and led his country from 1999 until 2004.
Before Fame
He began his political career as a member of the Wuppertal City Council and went on to serve as the city's mayor. He was later elected to North Rhine-Westphalia's regional Landtag parliament.
Trivia
Under the administration of President Heinz Kühn, he served as German Minister of Science and Education.
Family Life
While growing up in Wuppertal, Rhine Province, Germany, he belonged to a Nazi resistance movement within the German Protestant Church. He later married Christina Rau and raised three children.
Associated With
Like his political mentor, West German President Gustav Heinemann, Rau belonged to the All-German People’s Party before transferring his allegiance to the Social Democratic Party.