Wilfried Klenk

Wilfried Klenk
President of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
In office February 2015 – May 2016
Preceded by	Guido Wolf (politician)
Succeeded by	Muhterem Aras
Member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg for Backnang
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 April 2001
Deputy mayor of Oppenweiler
In office February 2017 – March 2018
District councillor in Rems-Murr-Kreis
In office 1999–2018
Municipal councillor in Oppenweiler
In office 1980–2018
Personal details
Born	(1959-03-03) March 3, 1959 Oppenweiler, West Germany
Political party	Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Website	[1]

Wilfried Klenk (born 3 Mar 1959) is a German politician (CDU) who served as President of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 2015 to 2016.

Biography

Born in Oppenweiler, Klenk trained as a paramedic and was admitted to the Academy for Crisis Management, Emergency Planning and Civil Defense (de). He headed ambulance stations at Murrhardt and Backnang, and was head of the Stuttgart Rescue Service and the Oberleitstelle Baden-Württemberg.

He has served as a municipal councillor, deputy mayor, and the CDU's chapter in Oppenweiler. From 1999 to 2018 he served as a district councillor in Rems-Murr-Kreis.

He has served in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg since 2001, and was President of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 2015 to 2016.

He has served in the German Red Cross since 1973. He is married with one child.