Friedrich Merz
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Friedrich Merz (born 11 November 1955 in Brilon) is a German politician (CDU).
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[edit] School and Job
After finishing Abitur in 1975 and serving in the army he began to study jurisprudence (1976) in Bonn. He became a member of K.D.St.V. Bavaria Bonn, a Catholic student fraternity that is member of the Cartellverband. After finishing law school in 1985 he became a judge in Saarbrücken. In 1986 he quitted being a judge and started working as an attorney-at-law.
[edit] Family
Friedrich Merz is married to the judge Charlotte Merz. He has three children and lives in Arnsberg-Niedereimer in Sauerland.
[edit] Party
Merz is a member of the CDU and from 1998-2000 he was a member of the federal management. From 2002-2004, he was an insider of the chairship of CDU Germany.
[edit] Representative
From 1989 till 1994 he was Member of the European Parliament and since 1994 he is Member of the Bundestag. In October 1998 he became vice-chairman and in February 2000 Chairman of the CDU/CSU-parliamentary party. After the general election in 2002 Angela Merkel called for his office and so he was again vice-chairman till 2004.
