Norbert Röttgen

Norbert Röttgen (born 2 July 1965) is a German lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2009 to May 2012.

Norbert Röttgen
Norbert Röttgen in 2012
Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 January 2014
Deputy	Franz Thönnes Daniela De Ridder
Preceded by	Ruprecht Polenz
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
In office 28 October 2009 – 16 May 2012
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Sigmar Gabriel
Succeeded by	Peter Altmaier
Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
In office 15 November 2010 – 5 December 2012
Leader	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Roland Koch
Succeeded by	Armin Laschet
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 6 November 2010 – 13 May 2012
Deputy	Ursula Heinen-Esser Armin Laschet Karl-Josef Laumann Michaela Noll Sven Volmering
General Secretary	Oliver Wittke
Preceded by	Jürgen Rüttgers
Succeeded by	Armin Laschet
Chief Whip of the CDU/CSU Group in the Bundestag
In office 25 January 2005 – 26 October 2009
Leader	Volker Kauder
Preceded by	Volker Kauder
Succeeded by	Peter Altmaier
Member of the Bundestag for Rhein-Sieg-Kreis II
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 October 1994
Preceded by	Franz Möller
Personal details
Born	(1965-07-02) 2 July 1965 Meckenheim, West Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	Christian Democratic Union
Spouse(s)	Ebba Herfs-Röttgen
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Bonn
Website	norbert-roettgen.de

In February 2020, Röttgen announced his candidacy for Christian Democratic Union of Germany leader in the 2021 leadership election. He was eliminated in the first round of voting on 15 January 2021.

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  Verantwortung statt Verschuldung (responsibility, not indebtedness); Röttgen on a poster made for the 2012 North Rhine-Westphalia state election