Christian Lindner

Christian Lindner
Member of the Bundestag
In office 2009 – current
Secretary General of the PDF
In office 24.12.2009 – Current
Preceded by	Dirk Niebel
Personal details
Born	January 7, 1979 (1979-01-07) (age 32) Wuppertal, Germany
Political party	FDP
Residence	Düsseldorf, Wermelskirchen
Occupation	Politician

Christian Lindner (born January 7, 1979) is a German politician and general secretary of the liberal party Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP).

Early life and education

Christian Lindner was born in Wuppertal, Germany. After graduating from Gymnasium in 1998, he studied political science at the University of Bonn from 1999 to 2006.

Politics

Lindner joined the FDP in 1995. He has been a member of the Executive Board of the FDP in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 1998 and became Secretary General in 2004 (until February 2010). In 2000, he was elected to the state parliament (Landtag) (until 2009). In 2007 he became also member of the Executive Board of the FDP on federal level. Since 2009 he is a member of the Deutscher Bundestag. Since December 2009 he is also general secretary of the FDP on federal level.

External links

• Lindner's personal website (mostly in German)

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Name	Lindner, Christian
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Date of birth	January 7, 1979
Place of birth	Wuppertal, Germany
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