Laurenz Meyer

Laurenz Meyer (* February 15, 1948, in Salzkotten, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician (Christian Democratic Union or CDU).

From 2000 to 2004 he was General Secretary of the CDU.

After his Abitur (school leaving) examinations in 1968 Meyer completed a course of study in economics at the University of Münster, leaving in 1975 as a qualified economist. He was then employed at Vereinigte Elektrizitätswerke Westfalen, or VEW AG (which was later taken over by the RWE group) in Dortmund. He was most recently employed here as RWE's commercial director in the Arnsberg regional office.

Laurenz Meyer is married and has four daughters. He is separated from his wife and lives with his partner in Hamm.

Meyer has been a member of the CDU since 1968. From 1997 to 2001 he was State Treasurer of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia. Meyer has belonged to the Federal Executive of the CDU since April 2000 and was General Secretary of the CDU from November 20, 2000 to December 22, 2004.

Meyer was on the Hamm city council from 1975 to 1995 and was CDU leader on the council from 1989 to 1995. In 1994 he campaigned for the office of Lord Mayor, but lost to Jürgen Wieland, the candidate of the SPD (Social Democratic Party).

From 1990 until 2003 Meyer was a member of the state parliament (Landtag) of North Rhine-Westphalia. Here he was party spokesperson for economic issues from 1990 to 1999, deputy leader from 1997 to 1999 and leader of the CDU in the state parliament from February 23, 1999, to June 2, 2000. After losing the 2000 election Meyer had to give up his office as party leader to Jürgen Rüttgers. From June 6 to December 6, 2000 Meyer was then deputy speaker of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Since 2002 Laurenz Meyer has been a member of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag). He entered parliament by being on the CDU's party list for North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany's proportional representation electoral system.

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