Ronald Pofalla
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Federal Minister of Special Affairs German Chancellery Chief of Staff |
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In office 28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Thomas de Maizière |
| Succeeded by | Peter Altmaier |
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In office 1990 – 2013 |
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15 May 1959 Weeze, Northrhine-Westphalia |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | CDU |
| Alma mater | University of Cologne |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | www.ronald-pofalla.de |
Ronald Pofalla (born 15 May 1959 in Weeze) is a German politician. He was the Chief of Staff of the German Chancellery and a Federal Minister for Special Affairs from 2009 to 2013 as part of the Second Merkel Cabinet.
Pofalla studied social pedagogy at the Fachhochschule in Kleve. After finishing with a Diplom in 1981 he studied law at the University of Cologne. In 1991 he passed the second Staatsexamen. Since that time Pofalla has been licensed to work as a lawyer.
Pofalla has been a member of the CDU since 1975. At first he was engaged in the Junge Union. He was chairman of the JU in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1986 to 1992.
During his time in parliament, Pofalla served on the Committee for the Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure, the Committee on Legal Affairs, the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and the Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology.
From 2004 to 2005 Pofalla was deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU's parliamentary group in the Bundestag under the leadership of Angela Merkel, and served as the Secretary General of the CDU from 2005 to 2009. In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the Christian Democrats and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2009 federal elections, he led the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on labour and social affairs; his counterpart of the FDP was Dirk Niebel.
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