Volker Wissing
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Volker Wissing | |
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Minister of Justice | |
Assumed office 7 November 2024 | |
Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
Preceded by | Marco Buschmann |
Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport | |
Assumed office 8 December 2021 | |
Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
Preceded by | Andreas Scheuer |
General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party | |
In office 19 September 2020 – 23 April 2022 | |
Leader | Christian Lindner |
Preceded by | Linda Teuteberg |
Succeeded by | Bijan Djir-Sarai |
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Rhineland-Palatinate | |
In office 7 May 2011 – 7 November 2024 | |
Deputy | Daniela Schmitt Sandra Weeser |
Preceded by | Rainer Brüderle |
Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021 | |
Minister- President | Malu Dreyer |
Preceded by | Eveline Lemke |
Succeeded by | Anne Spiegel |
State Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021 | |
Minister- President | Malu Dreyer |
Preceded by | Eveline Lemke |
Succeeded by | Daniela Schmitt |
Member of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate | |
Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Manuel Höferlin |
Constituency | FDP list |
In office 23 January 2004 – 22 October 2013 | |
Preceded by | Marita Sehn |
Succeeded by | Manuel Höferlin (2017) |
Constituency | FDP list |
Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Herbert Mertin (2011) |
Succeeded by | Daniela Schmitt |
Constituency | FDP list |
Personal details | |
Born | Landau, West Germany (now Germany) | 22 April 1970
Political party | Independent (2024–present) |
Other political affiliations | FDP (1998–2024) |
Children | 1 |
Residence | Landau, Germany |
Alma mater | |
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Volker Wissing (born 22 April 1970) is a German lawyer, former judge and politician. Wissing has been the Minister of Justice since 2024. He is a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as the party's General Secretary since 2020. He has also been the Minister for Transport since 2021.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Kaiser, Arvid; Schaible, Jonas (2022-08-25). "Expertenrat urteilt: Wissings Klimaprogramm für den Verkehr »schon im Ansatz ohne Anspruch«". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2022-08-29.