Hermann Gröhe
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Federal Minister of Health Germany
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Assumed office 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Bahr |
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Minister of State at the Federal Chancellery Germany
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In office 2008–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Hildegard Müller |
| Succeeded by | Eckart von Klaeden |
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Assumed office 1994 |
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February 25, 1961 Uedem, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | CDU |
| Alma mater | University of Cologne |
Hermann Gröhe (born 25 February 1961) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister of Health in the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel since 2013.
Gröhe finished law school at the University of Cologne and was a research assistant at the university 1987-1993. He also worked as a trainee lawyer at a local court in Cologne 1991-1993. He has been a licensed lawyer since 1997.
Becoming a member of CDU in 1977, Gröhe has represented the party in the German Bundestag since 1994 and has represented the Neuss I constituency since 1995. Between 1998 and 2005, he was his parliamentary group’s spokesperson on human rights and humanitarian aid. He subsequently served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2005 until 2008.
From 2008 until 2009, Gröhe briefly served as Minister of State at the Federal Chancellery under Chancellor Angela Merkel. In the negotiations to form a coalition government following the 2009 federal elections, he was a member of the working group on economic affairs and energy, led by Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Rainer Brüderle.
As successor of Ronald Pofalla, Gröhe was secretary general of the CDU 2009-2013; serving as the campaign manager in the German federal election, 2013. He was credited with marshalling Angela Merkel’s electoral victory that year, the party’s best result since German reunification in 1990. In the negotiations to form a coalition government following the elections, Gröhe was part of the 15-member leadership circle chaired by Merkel, Horst Seehofer and Sigmar Gabriel.
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