Hans-Peter Friedrich heads the Federal Ministry of the Interior. He holds a doctorate in law and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 1998. He was born in 1957 in Naila, in the Upper Franconian district of Hof.

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Born on 10 March 1957 in Naila; married, three children

1978
Obtained Abitur (higher education entrance qualification) in Naila, Bavaria

1978 - 1979
Military service

1979 - 1983
Studied law in Munich and Augsburg

1984 - 1986
Studied economics in Augsburg

1986 - 1988
Studied economics at the Fernuniversität Hagen (distance teaching university)

1988
Doctorate in law conferred (Dr. jur.)

1988 - 1990
Federal Ministry of Economics (Industry Directorate General)  

1991 - 1993
Staff member of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag

1993 - 1998
Private secretary to the Chairman of the CSU federal state group

since 1998
Member of the German Bundestag

since 1998
Chairman of the federal constituency assembly in Hof/Wunsiedel

since 1999
Deputy Chairman of the CSU in Upper Franconia

2002 - 2005
Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee on Donations to Political Parties;
legal advisor of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag;
member of the Commission on the Reorganisation of the Federal State Order
(Federalism Commission I)

2005 - 2009
Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag;
member of the Commission to Modernise Financial Relations
between Federal and State Governments (Federalism Commission II)  

since 2009
Chairman of the CSU federal state group in the German Bundestag

since March 2011
Federal Minister of the Interior

Photos small and large: REGIERUNGonline/Chaperon

Berlin office
Alt-Moabit 101 D
10559 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 3018 681-0
Fax: +49 (0) 3018 681-2926

Bonn office
Graurheindorfer Straße 198
53117 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0) 22899 681-0
Fax: +49 (0) 22899 681-2926

Website of the Federal Ministry of the Interior