Daniel Bahr

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Daniel Bahr

Daniel Bahr (2012)
Federal Minister of Health Germany
In office 12 May 2011 – 17 December 2013
Preceded by	Philipp Rösler
Succeeded by	Hermann Gröhe
Personal details
Born	(1976-11-04) November 4, 1976 Lahnstein, Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	FDP
Spouse(s)	Judy Witten
Children	1
Occupation	Banker
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Website	Official website (German)

Daniel Bahr (born 4 November 1976) is a German politician and member of the FDP.

Bahr was born in Lahnstein. He is the FDP's expert on health politics and was chairman of the party's youth organization, the Young Liberals, from 1999 to 2004.

Bahr joined the Young Liberals (the German short form is "Julis" from Junge Liberale) at the age of 14 in 1990. Two years later he became a member of their mother party FDP. From 1994 to 1996 he was chairman of the Julis in the district of Münster and subsequently became a member of its federal executive board. In 1999, he was elected chairman of the Julis.

Since 1998, Bahr has been a member of the FDP's federal executive board. In 2003, he became chairman of the party's "Zukunftsforum" (Future Forum) on "Frauen, kinderfreundliches Deutschland, Generationengerechtigkeit" ("Women, Child-friendly Germany, a Generation Fairness"). He is currently the chairman of the FDP in the Münsterland district, and leads the party's opposition against the grand coalition's health sector reform. Since 2009 he was Parliamentary State Secretary by the Federal Minister of Health, since 12 May 2011 he is Federal Minister of Health.

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v t e Second Merkel Cabinet (2009–2013)

Guido Westerwelle^V Philipp Rösler^AV Angela Merkel Thomas de Maizière Hans-Peter Friedrich^C Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger Wolfgang Schäuble Rainer Brüderle Franz Josef Jung Ursula von der Leyen^B Ilse Aigner Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Thomas de Maizière^C Ursula von der Leyen Kristina Schröder^B Daniel Bahr^C Peter Ramsauer Norbert Röttgen Peter Altmaier^D Annette Schavan^E Dirk Niebel Ronald Pofalla Johanna Wanka

Bold: Chancellor; A: Served as Minister of Health 2009–2011 and then served as Minister of Economics and Technology and Vice Chancellor (2011–present); B: Served from 2009; C: Served from 2011; D: Served from 2012; E: Served until 2013 V: Vice Chancellor.

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Name	Bahr, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description	German politician
Date of birth	4 November 1976
Place of birth	Lahnstein, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death

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