Norbert Röttgen heads the Federal Ministry for the Environment. His last post was First Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. He was born in 1965 and is a lawyer by profession.

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Born on 2 July 1965 in Meckenheim; Roman Catholic; married; two sons, one daughter.

1984
Obtained Abitur (higher education entrance qualification)

1984 – 1989
studied law at Bonn University

1989 - 1993
passed the first and second state examinations in law  respectively

1993
admitted to practise as a lawyer at Cologne Regional Court

1999
admitted to practise as a lawyer at Cologne Higher Regional Court

1982
Member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

since 1984
deputy chairman of the Rhein-Sieg county branch of the CDU

1992 – 1996
chairman of the Young Union (youth section of the CDU) in North-Rhine/Westphalia

since 1994
Member of the German Bundestag

2001
completed PhD

since 2001
chairman of the federal association of Christian Democrat lawyers (BACDJ)

2002 – 2005
spokesman on legal affairs for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag 

since 2005
first Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag

since october 2009
Federal Minister for the Enironment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Photos small and large: REGIERUNGonline/Chaperon

Bonn office
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
53175 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0) 22899 305-0
Fax: +49 (0) 22899 305-3225

Berlin office
Stresemannstraße 128
10117 Berlin
Phone:+49 (0) 3018 305-0
Fax: +49 (0) 3018 305-4375

Website of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety