Claus Ruhe Madsen 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.
- Occupation
- entrepreneur, politician, primator
- Position held
- mayor of Rostock, Q99299841, Q138757352
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Denmark, Germany
