Volker Wissing
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Volker Wissing in 2020
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| Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport | |
| Assumed office 8 December 2021 |
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| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Preceded by | Andreas Scheuer |
| General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 19 September 2020 |
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| Leader | Christian Lindner |
| Preceded by | Linda Teuteberg |
| Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2011 |
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| Deputy | Daniela Schmitt Sandra Weeser |
| Preceded by | Rainer Brüderle |
| Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021 |
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| 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 |
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| Minister- President |
Malu Dreyer |
| Preceded by | Eveline Lemke |
| Succeeded by | Daniela Schmitt |
| Member of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate |
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| Assumed office 26 October 2021 |
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| Preceded by | Manuel Höferlin |
| Constituency | FDP list |
| In office 23 January 2004 – 22 October 2013 |
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| 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 |
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| Preceded by | Herbert Mertin (2011) |
| Succeeded by | Daniela Schmitt |
| Constituency | FDP list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 April 1970 Landau, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | FDP |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Landau |
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Volker Wissing (born 22 April 1970) is a German lawyer and politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as the party's General Secretary since 2020, and as Minister for Transport in the federal government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021. He previously was the Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate in the state government under Minister-President Malu Dreyer from 2016 to 2021 and a member of the German Parliament from 2004 to 2013.
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Early life and education
Wissing was born 1970 in the German town of Landau in der Pfalz and studied law at the Saarland University.[1]
Wissing achieved a law degree and worked as a for some time as a judge before he entered professional politics.[2]
Political career
Career in national politics
Wissing entered the FDP in 1998. He became a member of the German Bundestag in 2004 when he took the seat of Marita Sehn who had died in a car accident. From 2004 until 2013, he served on the Finance Committee; he chaired the committee from 2009 until 2013. From 2011 until 2013, he also served as one of his parliamentary group's deputy chairpersons, under the leadership of chairman Rainer Brüderle.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the FDP and the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) following the 2009 federal elections, Wissing was part of the FDP delegation in the working group on financial policy and taxes, led by Thomas de Maizière und Hermann Otto Solms.[3]
Career in state politics
On the state level, Wissing became chairman of the party’s branch in Rhineland-Palatinate in 2011 succeeding Rainer Brüderle. [4] He led the Free Democratic Party back into the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate in the 2016 state election. After coalition negotiations Wissing became Deputy Minister President and State Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture in Malu Dreyer's second cabinet.
In 2020 FDP leader Christian Lindner nominated Wissing to serve as General Secretary of the party, succeeding Linda Teuteberg. Subsequently Wissing announced his switch for state politics to the federal arena, announcing his candidacy for the Bundestag in the 2021 federal election.
Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport, 2021–present
On 24 November 2021, Wissing was nominated by the Federal Executive Committee of the FDP for the post of Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in the designated federal government. He took office as Transport Minister on 8 December as the Scholz cabinet was sworn in.
Early in his tenure, Wissing ordered the blocking of German airspace for Russian aircraft in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
Other activities
Corporate boards
Non-profit organizations
- German-Jordanian Society, Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board[7]
- Association of German Foundations, Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (2005-2013)
References
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- ↑ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Wen Union und FDP zum Feilschen schicken Spiegel Online, October 6, 2009.
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- ↑ Riham Alkousaa (26 February 2022), Germany to close airspace to Russian planes Reuters.
- ↑ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees KfW.
- ↑ Parliamentary Advisory Board German-Jordanian Society.
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