Political career Philipp Rösler




1 political career

1.1 state politics
1.2 role in federal politics

1.2.1 federal minister of health, 2009–2011
1.2.2 vice-chancellor , federal minister of economics , technology, 2011–2013







political career
state politics

rösler in 2013


rösler joined fdp , political youth organization, young liberals, in 1992. secretary of fdp in state of lower saxony 2000 2004 , served chairman of fdp parliamentary group in lower saxon state assembly 2003. 2001 2006, rösler member in regional assembly of hanover (district), deputy chairman of parliamentary group. in may 2005, elected observer of federal fdp executive committee. received 95% of votes, best result of party conference. @ state party conference in march 2006, rösler elected chairman of lower saxon fdp 96.4% of votes; succeeded walter hirche, had decided step down after twelve years @ helm. in april, 2008, rösler confirmed lower saxon fdp party chairman, receiving 95% of votes.


at federal party conference in june 2007, rösler re-elected member of party executive committee. following month, elected stand party’s main candidate in lower saxon state election in january 2008. in election, received 10.9% of votes in local constituency, hanover-döhren. on 18 february 2008, rösler appointed state minister economic affairs, labour , transport deputy minister-president in cabinet of minister-president christian wulff of lower saxony.


role in federal politics
federal minister of health, 2009–2011

following 2009 national elections, rösler succeeded ulla schmidt federal minister of health in angela merkel s second cabinet.


in january 2011, rösler asked german pharmaceutical companies refrain delivering anesthetic sodium thiopental us, request agreed to. later year, declined request counterpart, united states secretary of commerce gary locke, germany out thiopental dozens of states facing shortages of drug necessary in lethal injections administered death-row prisoners.


vice-chancellor , federal minister of economics , technology, 2011–2013

rösler succeeded rainer brüderle federal minister of economics , technology on 12 may 2011 , guido westerwelle chairman of fdp on 13 may 2011 , instated vice-chancellor of germany on 16 may 2011.


on june 7, 2011, rösler attended state dinner hosted president barack obama in honor of chancellor angela merkel @ white house.


rösler supported presidential candidacy of joachim gauck, proposed spd , greens, , reportedly secured nomination convincing coalition partner, cdu/csu, nomination.


as consequence of fdp s defeat in 2013 state elections in lower saxony, rösler offered step down party chairman. leadership decided remain not lead party in federal elections, instead acting in team rainer brüderle. following defeat of 2013 federal elections, when fdp first time in history voted out of bundestag, stepped down chairman. christian lindner became successor leader of fdp.








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