Hendrik Wüst
Hendrik Wüst | |
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Wüst in 2025 | |
| Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Assumed office 27 October 2021 | |
| Deputy | Joachim Stamp Mona Neubaur |
| Preceded by | Armin Laschet |
| Leader of the Christian Democratic Union of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Assumed office 23 October 2021 | |
| General Secretary | Josef Hovenjürgen Paul Ziemiak (acting) |
| Deputy | Daniel Sieveke Ina Scharrenbach Sabine Verheyen Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker Herbert Reul |
| Preceded by | Armin Laschet |
| Minister of Transport of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 30 June 2017 – 27 October 2021 | |
| Minister-President | Armin Laschet |
| Preceded by | Michael Groscheck |
| Succeeded by | Ina Brandes |
| General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 1 April 2006 – 22 February 2010 | |
| Leader | Jürgen Rüttgers |
| Preceded by | Hans-Joachim Reck |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Wittke |
| Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia for Borken I | |
| Assumed office 8 June 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Heinrich Kruse |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hendrik Josef Wüst 19 July 1975 Rhede, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | CDU (since 1990) |
| Spouse | Katharina Starting
(m. 2018) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Rhede |
| Alma mater | University of Münster |
| Occupation |
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| Website | Official website |
Hendrik Josef Wüst (born 19 July 1975) is a German politician serving as Minister-President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2021. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). In October 2021, he succeeded Armin Laschet as state chairman of his party. Under Wüst's leadership, his party won the highest vote share in the 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election.