Ralf Brauksiepe
 Ralf Brauksiepe (born 14 March 1967 in Hattingen) is a German politician and member of the conservative CDU. Since the 1998 election he has been a member of the Bundestag.Studying on a scholarship by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Brauksiepe earned a Diplom (1990) and a Doctorate (1995) from the Ruhr University Bochum. Between 1996 and 1998 he was a research assistant in Bochum.Brauksiepe joined the CDU in 1983.