Norbert Röttgen
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Norbert Röttgen in 2012
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Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Germany
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In office 28 October 2009 – 16 May 2012 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Sigmar Gabriel |
| Succeeded by | Peter Altmaier |
| Chairman of CDU North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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In office 6 November 2010 – 13 May 2012 |
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| Deputy |
Armin Laschet Karl-Josef Laumann Sven Volmering |
| General Secretary | Oliver Wittke |
| Preceded by | Jürgen Rüttgers |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| First Chief Whip of parliamentary group of CDU/CSU | |
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In office 25 January 2005 – 26 October 2009 |
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| Head | Volker Kauder |
| Succeeded by | Peter Altmaier |
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2 July 1965 Meckenheim, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Spouse(s) | Ebba Herfs-Röttgen |
| Children | 3 |
| 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. He was Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from 2009 to May 2012.
Röttgen graduated from the Gymnasium of Rheinbach. After completing his Abitur, 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. He obtained a legal doctorate from the University of Bonn in 2001.
Röttgen joined the CDU in 1982 while he was still a highschool student. From 1992 until 1996, he served as the chair of the Junge Union, the youth organisation of CDU in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Röttgen was elected to the Bundestag in 1994 (German federal election, 1994. From 2002 until 2005 he served as the legal policy spokesman of the parliamentary group of CDU/CSU. During the First Merkel cabinet (2005-2009), a Grand Coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD, he served as the Chief Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary group in the Bundestag until 2009. In this capacity, he worked closely with the SPD parliamentary floor manager Olaf Scholz to manage and defend the coalition government in parliament. He also served as member of the Parliamentary Control Panel, which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany’s intelligence services BND, MAD and BfV.
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