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Dr. Volker Wissing

 Bundesminister für Justiz und Bundesminister für Digitales und Verkehr 

Dr Volker Wissing is Federal Minister of Justice and Federal Minister for Digital and Transport 

(Photo: Federal Government/Denzel)


CV

  • Born on 22 April 1970 in Landau in der Pfalz.

  • 1989
    Abitur (university entrance qualification) at Staatliches Gymnasium, Bad Bergzabern

  • 1989 to 1994
    Studied law at Saarland University in Saarbrücken and at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau, first state examination in law

  • 1996
    Second state examination in law in Mainz

  • 1997
    Doctorate at the University of Münster

  • 1997 to 1999
    Judge and public prosecutor in Zweibrücken and Landau in der Pfalz

  • 2000 to 2004
    Personal assistant to the Minister of Justice of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Herbert Mertin

  • 2001
    Appointed judge at Landau in der Pfalz District Court

  • 2004 to 2013
    Member of the Bundestag

  • 2009 to 2011
    Chair of the Bundestag Finance Committee

  • since 2011
    Chair of the FDP Rhineland-Palatinate

  • 2011 to 2013
    Deputy Chair of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag

  • since 2013
    Member of the Executive Committee of the FDP

  • since 2013
    Lawyer

  • 2016 to 2021
    Member of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament, Deputy State Premier and Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate

  • 2020 to 2021
    Secretary General of the FDP

  • since 2021
    Member of the Bundestag

  • since December 2021
    Federal Minister for Digital and Transport

Federal Minister of Justice and Federal Minister for Digital and Transport

Federal Minister of Justice

Berlin office
Mohrenstraße 37
10117 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 18 580-0

Bonn office
Adenauer Allee 99 - 103
53113 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0) 22899 580-0

Website of the Federal Minstry of Justice


Federal Minister for Digital and Transport

Berlin office
Invalidenstraße 44, 10115 Berlin
Krausenstraße 17 - 20, 10117 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 3018 300-0

Bonn office
Robert-Schuman-Platz 1
53175 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0) 22899 300-0

Website of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport