Johannes Vogel (politician)

Johannes Vogel
Johannes Vogel
	Johannes Vogel in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2017
	In office; 2009–2013
Personal details
Born	29 April 1982 (age 42); Wermelskirchen, West Germany; (now Germany)
Political party	FDP
Alma mater	University of Bonn

Johannes Vogel (born 29 April 1982) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2009 till 2013 and since 2017.^[1]

Early life and education

In 2001 Vogel graduated from high school. After his civil service as a paramedic in Wermelskirchen, he studied political science, history and public law at the University of Bonn from 2002. He completed his studies in 2009 with the Magister Artium (M.A.).

Political career

From 2005 until 2010, Vogel served as chairman of the Young Liberals. He first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election.^[2]

From 2014, Vogel worked with the Federal Employment Agency (BA). That same year, he became the Secretary General of the FDP in North Rhine-Westphalia, under the leadership of its chairman Christian Lindner. In this capacity, he managed the party's campaign ahead of the 2017 state elections. Following the elections, Vogel was responsible for labour and social affairs in the negotiations between Armin Laschet's CDU and the FDP on a coalition agreement.^[3]

In the 2017 national elections, Vogel was re-elected to the Bundestag. He has since been a member of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs and a substitute member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.^[4]^[5] He chairs the FDP parliamentary group's working group on labour and social affairs and serves as the group's spokesman for labour market and pension policy.^[6] In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Other activities

Deutsche Renten Information (DRI), Member of the Advisory Board^[7]

References

^ "Johannes Vogel | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
^ "Abgeordnete". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
^ Ex-FDP-Landeschef Pinkwart bei Koalitionsverhandlungen Die Welt, May 22, 2017.
^ "German Bundestag - Labour and Social Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
^ "German Bundestag - Foreign Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
^ "Fachpolitische Sprecher". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
^ Advisory Board Deutsche Renten Information (DRI).