Peter Altmaier is Federal Environment Minister. From October 2009 until his appointment as minister in May 2012 he was First Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. He came to German politics from Brussels, where he worked for the European Commission as a civil servant.

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Born on 18 June 1958 in Ensdorf, Saar; single

1974
Joined the Junge Union, the CDU youth organisation

1976
Joined the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)

1978
Obtained Abitur (higher education entrance qualification), followed by military service

1980 – 1985
Studied law at the University of the Saarland in Saarbrücken

1985
Passed first state examination in law

1985/86
Post-graduate course in European Integration, obtained a certificate in European Studies

1985 – 1987
Research assistant at the Department of Constitutional and International Law, University of the Saarland

1988
Passed second state examination in law

1988 – 1990
State Chairman of the Junge Union, Saarland

1988 – 1990
Research assistant at the European Institute of the University of the Saarland

since 1990
Civil servant at the European Commission; from 1993 to 1994 General Secretary of the EEC Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers; on leave of absence since 1994

since 1994
Member of the German Bundestag

2000 - 2008
District Chairman of the CDU in Saarlouis

2004 – 2005
Legal advisor of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag

November 2005 – October 2009
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior

2006 - 2011
President of the Europa-Union Deutschland

since 2008
Deputy State Chairman of the CDU, Saarland

October 2009 – May 2012
First Parliamentary State Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag

since May 2012
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Photos small and large: picture-alliance/dpa/Carstensen

Bonn office
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
53175 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0) 22899 305-0
Fax: +49 (0) 22899 305-3225

Berlin office
Stresemannstraße 128
10117 Berlin
Phone:+49 (0) 3018 305-0
Fax: +49 (0) 3018 305-4375

Website of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety