Reinhard Rauball

Reinhard Rauball
Acting President of the DFB
In office
2 April 2019 (2019-04-02) – 27 September 2019 (2019-09-27)
Serving with Rainer Koch
Preceded byReinhard Grindel
Succeeded byFritz Keller
In office
9 November 2015 (2015-11-09) – 15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)
Serving with Rainer Koch
Preceded byWolfgang Niersbach
Succeeded byReinhard Grindel
President of Borussia Dortmund
Assumed office
14 November 2004 (2004-11-14)
Preceded byGerd Niebaum
In office
1984 (1984)–1986 (1986)
Preceded byFrank Roring
Succeeded byGerd Niebaum
In office
1979 (1979)–1982 (1982)
Preceded byHeinz Günther
Succeeded byJürgen Vogt
CEO of Deutsche Fußball Liga e.V.
In office
2007 (2007) – 21 August 2019 (2019-08-21)
Preceded byWolfgang Holzhäuser
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
1 March 1999 (1999-03-01) – 23 March 1999 (1999-03-23)
Prime MinisterWolfgang Clement
Preceded byFritz Behrens
Succeeded byJochen Dieckmann
Personal details
Born (1946-12-25) 25 December 1946 (age 77)
Northeim, Allied-occupied Germany
Political partySPD
Children2
Alma materRuhr University Bochum
OccupationLawyer

Reinhard Rauball (born 25 December 1946) is a German politician, member of the SPD, a trained lawyer, and football official. He is known for having served as president of football team Borussia Dortmund several times and also served very briefly as Minister of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to currently serving as president of Borussia Dortmund, he has also been President of the German Football League since August 2007. From November 2015 to April 2016, he was acting President of the German Football Association along with Rainer Koch.[1]

Rauball played football in the late 1960s for Dortmund 95.

  1. ^ "Football boss resigns over World Cup scandal". The Local. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.