Peter ALTMAIER

Biographie

Peter Altmaier has served as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy since 14 March 2018. He was previously Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks (2013-18), Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (2012-13), Chief Whip of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group (2009-12), Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior (2005-09), Parliamentary Legal Counsel of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group (2004-05), Spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the First Investigation Committee (2002-03), Delegate of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group to the European Conventions on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and on the Constitutional Treaty (1999-2003), Member of the Committee on European Affairs (1994-2004) and Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs (1994-98). From 1990-94 he worked for the European Commission, acting as Secretary-General for the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers from 1993 to 1994

As of 2006 Peter Altmaier has been the President of the Europa-Union (German branch of the Union of European Federalists) and at the end of 2011 he took over the office as Honorary President.

Peter Altmaier studied law at the Saarland University (First and Second State Examinations in 1985 and 1988). He also holds a certificate in European Integration studies (1986).