Volker Hauff | |
Image Upright: | 1.1 |
Office: | Federal Minister of Transport |
Term Start: | 6 November 1980 |
Term End: | 1 October 1982 |
Predecessor: | Kurt Gscheidle |
Successor: | Werner Dollinger |
Office2: | Federal Minister of Research and Technology |
Term Start2: | 16 February 1978 |
Term End2: | 4 November 1980 |
Predecessor2: | Hans Matthöfer |
Successor2: | Andreas von Bülow |
Birth Date: | 9 August 1940 |
Birth Place: | Backnang, Nazi Germany |
Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) |
Volker Hauff (born 9 August 1940) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Since 1959, Hauff has been a member of the SPD. From 1969 to 1989 he was a member of the Bundestag.
Hauff served as Federal Minister of Research and Technology from 1978 to 1980, Federal Minister of Transport from 1980 to 1982 and Mayor of Frankfurt am Main from 1989 to 1991.He is a descendant of the Swabian poet Wilhelm Hauff.[1]