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Norbert Röttgen Norbert Röttgen in 2011 Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
GermanyIncumbent Assumed office
28 October 2009Chancellor Angela Merkel Preceded by Sigmar Gabriel Chairman of CDU North Rhine-Westphalia Incumbent Assumed office
6 November 2010Deputy Ursula Heinen
Armin Laschet
Karl-Josef Laumann
Michaela Noll
Sven VolmeringGeneral Secretary Oliver Wittke Preceded by Jürgen Rüttgers First Chief Whip of parliamentary group of CDU/CSU In office
25 January 2005 – 26 October 2009Head Volker Kauder Succeeded by Peter Altmaier Personal details Born 2 July 1965
Meckenheim, West GermanyNationality German Political party Christian Democratic Union Alma mater University of Bonn Religion Roman Catholic Website norbert-roettgen.de Norbert Röttgen (born 2 July 1965) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
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Biography
Röttgen graduated from the Gymnasium of Rheinbach. After completing his Abitur (matriculaton), he started to study law at the University of Bonn in 1984. He passed his first law examination in 1989, his second Examination in 1993 and practised as a lawyer in Cologne.[1] Norbert Röttgen obtained the legal doctorate from the University of Bonn in 2001.
Politics
Röttgen joined the CDU in 1982 while he was still a highschool student. From 1992 until 1996, he served as the chair of Junge Union, the youth organisation of CDU in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Röttgen was elected a member of the Bundestag in 1994. From 2002 until 2005 he served as the Legal Policy Spokesman of the Parliamentary group of CDU/CSU.[1]
During the First Cabinet of the Grand Coalition of Angela Merkel in 2005, he served as the Chief Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary group in the Bundestag until 2009.[1]
Since 28 October 2009 Röttgen is serving as the Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the Second Cabinet of Angela Merkel. Since November 2010, Norbert Röttgen is the Deputy chair of the CDU in Germany, as well as the chair of the CDU in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.[1]
Publications
- 1. Was bedeutet Fortschritt heute? Röttgen, Norbert. - Berlin : BMU, Referat Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, 2010, Stand: Februar 2010, 1. Aufl. (German)
- 2. Bürokratiekostenabbau in Deutschland. Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2010, 1. Aufl. (German)
- 3. Deutschlands beste Jahre kommen noch. Röttgen, Norbert. - München : Piper, 2009 (German)
- 4. Wir haben viel erreicht. Berlin : CDU/CSU-Fraktion im Dt. Bundestag, 2008 (German)
- 5. Parlamentarische Kontrolle der Nachrichtendienste im demokratischen. Rechtsstaat. Sankt Augustin : Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2008 (German)
- 6. Wirtschaft trifft Politik / 2007. Deutschland und Europa im Prozess der Globalisierung. 2008 (German)
- 7. Gut, dass die Union regiert. Berlin : CDU/CSU Fraktion im deutschen Bundestag, 2007, Stand: September 2007 (German)
- 8. Was wir erreicht haben. Berlin : CDU/CSU-Fraktion im Dt. Bundestag, 2006 (German)
- 9. Die Argumentation des Europäischen Gerichtshofes. Röttgen, Norbert, 2001 (German)
References
- ^ a b c d official biography
- General-Anzeiger Bonn: Interview from 18. November 2006 Norbert Röttgen in the Newspaper General Anzeiger (German)
- Biography of Norbert Röttgen from the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany (German) - (English)
- Mr. Andreas Carlgren in SvD Newspaper (Swedish)
External links
- Official Site of Dr. Norbert Röttgen (German)
- Official Site of the German Parliament (German) - (English) - (French)
- Official Site of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (German) - (English)
- Norbert Röttgen in the German National Library catalogue (German)
Guido Westerwelle (FDP) | Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) | Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (FDP) | Thomas de Maizière (CDU) | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (until 3 Mar 2011) (CSU)/Hans-Peter Friedrich (since 3 Mar 2011) (CSU) | Philipp Rösler (FDP) | Rainer Brüderle (until 12 May 2011) (FDP)/Daniel Bahr (since 12 May 2011) (FDP) | Ilse Aigner (CSU) | Franz Josef Jung (until 27 Nov 2009) (CDU)/Kristina Schröder (since 30 Nov 2009) (CDU) | Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) | Peter Ramsauer (CSU) | Norbert Röttgen (CDU) | Annette Schavan (CDU) | Dirk Niebel (FDP) | Ronald Pofalla (CDU)Categories:- 1965 births
- Living people
- Government ministers of Germany
- Environment ministers of Germany
- German people
- German politicians
- University of Bonn alumni
- German Roman Catholics
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