Peter Altmaier
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German Chancellery Chief of Staff Federal Minister for Special Affairs  Germany
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Assumed office 17 December 2013 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Ronald Pofalla |
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Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Germany
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In office 22 May 2012 – 17 December 2013 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Norbert Röttgen |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Hendricks |
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Assumed office 1994 |
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18 June 1958 Ensdorf |
| Nationality | German |
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German: CDU  EU:European People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Single |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Peter Altmaier (born 18 June 1958) is a German politician who has served as the Chief of Staff of the German Chancellery and as Federal Minister for Special Affairs since December 2013. Previously he was Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from May 2012 to December 2013. Altmaier is widely seen as one of Chancellor Angela Merkel's most trusted advisors and respected for his "compromising style."
Altmaier was born on 18 June 1958 in Ensdorf, Saarland. He is the son of a coal miner and a nurse. He studied law at Saarland University.
In addition to his native German, he speaks English and French fluently.
Altmaier began his career as a research assistant for public and international law at Saarland University in 1995 and later at the European Institute of Saarland University. His tenure lasted until 2000. He worked for the Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission from 1990 to 1994.
Altmaier has been a member of the CDU since 1976.
Altmaier has been a member of the Bundestag since the 1994 national elections. Between 1994 and 2002, he served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Affairs of the European Union, where he was his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on matters related to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
When the Bundestag created a committee to examine whether then-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and others in the governing SPD party inflated economic figures before the 2002 federal elections to hide a growing budget deficit, he was chosen by his parliamentary group to lead the inquiry.
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