Hans-Peter Friedrich

Hans-Peter Friedrich
Minister of the Interior
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 March 2011
Chancellor Angela Merkel
Preceded by Thomas de Maizière
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office
1998
Personal details
Born 10 March 1957 (1957-03-10) (age 55)
Political party Christian Social Union
Alma mater University of Augsburg
Profession Lawyer

Hans-Peter Friedrich (born March 10, 1957 in Naila, Bavaria) is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union (CSU). He has been a member of the Bundestag of Germany since 1998.[1] In the ongoing coalition negotiations with the Free Democratic Party, Friedrich was responsible for the portfolio of housing and development.[2] On 2 March 2011 he was selected to succeed Thomas de Maizière as Federal Minister of the Interior. On 3 March 2011 Friedrich was appointed.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bundestag
  2. ^ "Wechselt von der Leyen ins Gesundheitsministerium?". Hamburger Abendblatt. October 2, 2009. http://www.abendblatt.de/politik/deutschland/article1211865/Wechselt-von-der-Leyen-ins-Gesundheitsministerium.html 
  3. ^ "Neue Minister ernannt [New ministers appointed]" (in German). Cabinet of Germany. 3 March 2011. http://www.bundesregierung.de/nn_1264/Content/DE/Artikel/2011/03/2011-03-02-bk-neue-minister.html. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Thomas de Maizière		 Minister of the Interior
2011–present		 Incumbent
The Second Merkel Cabinet, since 28 October 2009
Guido Westerwelle (FDP) | Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) | Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (FDP) | Thomas de Maizière (CDU) | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (until 3 Mar 2011) (CSU)/Hans-Peter Friedrich (since 3 Mar 2011) (CSU) | Philipp Rösler (FDP) | Rainer Brüderle (until 12 May 2011) (FDP)/Daniel Bahr (since 12 May 2011) (FDP) | Ilse Aigner (CSU) | Franz Josef Jung (until 27 Nov 2009) (CDU)/Kristina Schröder (since 30 Nov 2009) (CDU) | Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) | Peter Ramsauer (CSU) | Norbert Röttgen (CDU) | Annette Schavan (CDU) | Dirk Niebel (FDP) | Ronald Pofalla (CDU)
Imperial Interior Secretaries
(1871–1918)
Weimar Republic
(1918–1933)
Nazi Germany
(1933–1945)
German Democratic Republic
(1949–1990)
  • Karl Steinhoff
  • Karl Maron
  • Friedrich Dickel
  • Lothar Ahrendt
  • Peter Michael Diestel
Federal Republic of Germany
(1949–)