Claus Ruhe Madsen
Claus Ruhe Madsen | |
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Madsen in 2021 | |
| Minister for Economics, Transport, Labour, Technology and Tourism in Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Assumed office 29 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Bernd Buchholz |
| Mayor of Rostock | |
| In office 1 September 2019 – 29 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Roland Methling |
| Succeeded by | Chris von Wrycz Rekowski (acting) Eva-Maria Kröger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Claus Ruhe Madsen 27 August 1972 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Party | Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) |
Claus Ruhe Madsen (born 27 August 1972) is a Danish and German entrepreneur who is active as a politician in Germany. He is currently serving as Minister for Economics, Transport, Labour, Technology and Tourism in the Schleswig-Holstein state government since June 2022. He was previously Mayor of Rostock, the largest city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, from September 2019 until resigning to take up his ministerial post. Prior to entering politics, he was president of the Rostock Chamber of Industry and Commerce and vice-president of the German-Danish Chamber of Commerce in Denmark.