Philipp Rösler

Philipp Rösler

GOM
Rösler in 2012
Vice Chancellor of Germany
In office
16 May 2011 – 17 December 2013
PresidentChristian Wulff
Joachim Gauck
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byGuido Westerwelle
Succeeded bySigmar Gabriel
Honorary Consul of Vietnam to Switzerland
Assumed office
1 September 2021
PresidentNguyễn Xuân Phúc
AmbassadorLe Linh Lan
ConsulateZürich and Zug
Leader of the Free Democratic Party
In office
13 May 2011 – 7 December 2013
Preceded byGuido Westerwelle
Succeeded byChristian Lindner
Federal Minister of Economics and Technology
In office
12 May 2011 – 17 December 2013
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byRainer Brüderle
Succeeded bySigmar Gabriel (Economics and Energy)
Federal Minister of Health
In office
28 October 2009 – 12 May 2011
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byUlla Schmidt
Succeeded byDaniel Bahr
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Lower Saxony
In office
18 March 2006 – 25 September 2011
Preceded byWalter Hirche
Succeeded byStefan Birkner
Deputy Minister President of Lower Saxony
In office
18 February 2008 – 27 October 2009
Prime MinisterChristian Wulff
Preceded byWalter Hirche
Succeeded byJörg Bode
Minister of Economics, Labour and Transport of Lower Saxony
In office
18 February 2008 – 27 October 2009
Prime MinisterChristian Wulff
Preceded byWalter Hirche
Succeeded byJörg Bode
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony
In office
2 February 2003 – 27 October 2009
ConstituencyFDP List
Personal details
Born (1973-02-24) 24 February 1973 (age 51)
Khánh Hưng, Ba Xuyên Province, South Vietnam
(now Vietnam)
NationalityGerman
Political partyFree Democratic Party
Spouse(s)
Wiebke Lauterbach
​
(m. 2002)​
Children2
Alma materHannover Medical School
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Germany
Branch/service Bundeswehr
Years of service1992–2003
RankStabsarzt
Unit Joint Medical Service

Philipp Rösler GOM (born 24 February 1973) is a Vietnamese-German physician and former politician. He was the minister of Economics and Technology and the Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2011 to 2013 during the Angela Merkel cabinet.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Philipp Rösler". Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.