Philipp Rösler
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| Philipp Rösler | |
| Vice Chancellor of Germany | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2011 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Guido Westerwelle |
| Federal Minister of Economics and Technology | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Rainer Brüderle |
| Chairman of the Free Democratic Party | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 13 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Guido Westerwelle |
| Federal Minister of Health | |
| In office 28 October 2009 – 12 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Ulla Schmidt |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Bahr |
| Minister for economics, labour and transport of Lower Saxony | |
| In office 18 February 2009 – 22 October 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Hirche |
| Succeeded by | Jörg Bode |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 24, 1973 South Vietnam |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | FDP |
| Spouse(s) | Wiebke Rösler, physician |
| Children | Twin daughters Grietje and Gesche, b. 2008. |
| Residence | Hannover |
| Alma mater | Hannover Medical School |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | philipp-roesler.de |
Philipp Rösler (born 24 February 1973[fn 1]) is a Vietnamese-born German politician, who, since 2011, has been the Federal Minister of Economics and Technology and the Vice Chancellor of Germany. He is the Chairman of the liberal Free Democratic Party (since 2011).
A physician by profession, he served as Minister for Economics and Deputy Prime Minister of the state of Lower Saxony February–October 2009. He was the Federal Minister of Health in the second Merkel Cabinet from 2009 to 2011 and became Federal Minister of Economics and Technology in the cabinet in 2011. He is of Vietnamese origin and was adopted by a German couple when he was still an infant.
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[edit] Life and career
Philipp Rösler was born in Khanh Hung, Ba Xuyen Province, in the former South Vietnam (now Soc Trang Province, Vietnam).[1][2] He was adopted from a Roman Catholic orphanage near Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City)[3] by a German couple that already had two biological children and then Rösler was brought to Germany at the age of nine months.[2] He grew up in Hamburg, Bückeburg and Hanover, where he graduated from high school in 1992. After training to become a combat medic in the German Bundeswehr (the Federal Defense Force), Rösler was exempted to study medicine at the Hannover Medical School. Following this, he continued his education at the Bundeswehr hospital in Hamburg. He received his Dr. med degree in 2002 and left service as a Stabsarzt (a rank for German medical officers equivalent to an army captain)[4] in 2003.[5]
He is a Roman Catholic,[6] and a member of the General Conference of the Central Committee of German Catholics. He has been married to Wiebke Rösler, also a physician, since 2003. The couple have twin girls, Grietje and Gesche, born in 2008.
[edit] Political career
Rösler has been a member of the FDP and its political youth organisation, the Young Liberals, since 1992. He was secretary of the FDP in the state of Lower Saxony from 2000 until 2004 and has been chairman of the FDP parliamentary group in the Lower Saxon state assembly since 2003. From 2001 until 2006, Rösler was a member in the regional assembly of Hanover (district), where he was also deputy chairman of the parliamentary group. In May, 2005, he was elected an observer of the federal FDP executive committee. He received 95% of the votes, the best result of that party conference. At the state party conference in March, 2006, Rösler was elected as chairman of the Lower Saxon FDP with 96,4% of the votes; he succeeded Walter Hirche, who had decided to step down after twelve years at the helm. In April, 2008, Rösler was confirmed as the Lower Saxon FDP party chairman, receiving 95% of the votes.
At the federal party conference in June, 2007, Rösler was re-elected as a member of the party executive committee. The following month, he was elected to stand as his party’s main candidate in the Lower Saxon state election in January, 2008. In that election, he received 10.9% of the votes in his local constituency, Hanover-Döhren. On February 18, 2008, Rösler was appointed minister for economy, labour and transport[7] as well as deputy prime minister of the state of Lower Saxony.
In October 2009, Rösler succeeded Ulla Schmidt as Federal Minister of Health in Angela Merkel's cabinet.[8] Rösler succeeded Rainer Brüderle as Federal Minister of Economics and Technology on 12 May 2011 and Guido Westerwelle as Chairman of the FDP on 13 May 2011 and was also instated as Vice-Chancellor of Germany on 16 May 2011.[9][10]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ His exact date of birth is unknown; 24 February 1973 is used in official documents
[edit] References
- ^ Von Jurgen Damsch (2009-11-01). "Erinnern Sie sich an diesen Waisenjungen, Schwester?". Bild. http://www.bild.de/BILD/politik/2009/11/01/philipp-roesler-schwester-mary/besuch-im-waisenheim.html. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ^ a b landtag-niedersachsen.de
- ^ "Our guest on 08.02.2009 Philipp Rösler, Politician and Doctor". Deusche Welle. 2009-02-08. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3998647,00.html. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
- ^ cicero.de (German)
- ^ Biography at munzinger.de (German)
- ^ http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/ted/articolo.asp?c=476157
- ^ handelsblatt.com
- ^ Spiegel.de
- ^ Gessat, Michael (May 13, 2011). "Vietnam-born doctor takes reins of German liberal party". Deutsche Welle. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15073300,00.html. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ^ "Philipp Rösler neuer Vizekanzler" (in German). German government. May 18, 2011. http://www.bundesregierung.de/nn_1264/Content/DE/Artikel/2011/05/2011-05-18-vizekanzler-roesler.html. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
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