- Born
- Birth nameRudolf Albert Scharping
- Nickname
- Ziege
- Rudolf Scharping was born on December 2, 1947 in Niederelbert, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was previously married to Kristina Gräfin Pilati von Thassul zu Daxberg and Jutta Scharping.
- SpousesKristina Gräfin Pilati von Thassul zu Daxberg(April 3, 2003 - January 27, 2016) (separated)Jutta Scharping(1971 - 2003) (divorced, 3 children)
- German politician, who has been chairman of the German cycling association since March 2005.
- Minister President of the West German Federal State Rhineland-Palatinate from 1991 to 1994.
- Candidate for German Chancellorship in 1994; beaten by Helmut Kohl.
- German Defence Minister from 27 October 1998 to 18 July 2002.
- After leading the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1993 to 1995, the party surprisingly chose Oskar Lafontaine to become its new chairman.
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