Volker Wissing

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Volker Wissing
2020-08-18 Minister Volker Wissing by OlafKosinsky MG 3165.jpg
Secretary General of the Free Democratic Party
Assumed office
19 September 2020
LeaderChristian Lindner
Preceded byLinda Teuteberg
Deputy Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021
PremierMalu Dreyer
Preceded byEveline Lemke
State Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture
In office
18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021
PremierMalu Dreyer
Preceded byEveline Lemke
Succeeded byDaniela Schmitt
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Rhineland-Palatinate
Assumed office
7 May 2011
DeputyDaniela Schmitt
Sandra Weeser
Preceded byRainer Brüderle
Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
Assumed office
14 March 2016
ConstituencyFree Democratic Party List
Member of the Bundestag
for Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
23 January 2004 – 22 October 2013
ConstituencyFree Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born (1970-04-22) 22 April 1970 (age 51)
Landau, West Germany
Political partyFDP
Alma mater

Volker Wissing (born 22 April 1970) is a German lawyer and politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as the party's Secretary General since 2020. He previously was the Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate in the government of Minister-President Malu Dreyer from 2016 to 2021 and a member of the German Parliament from 2004 to 2013.

Early life and education[]

Wissing was born 1970 in the German town of Landau in der Pfalz and studied law at the Saarland University.[1]

Wissing achieved a law degree and worked as a for some time as a judge before he entered professional politics.[2]

Political career[]

Wissing entered the FDP in 1998. He became a member of the German Bundestag in 2004 when he took the seat of Marita Sehn who had died in a car accident. From 2004 until 2013, he served on the Finance Committee; he chaired the committee from 2009 until 2013. From 2011 until 2013, he also served as one of his parliamentary group's deputy chairpersons, under the leadership of chairman Rainer Brüderle.

On the state level, Wissing became chairman of the party’s branch in Rhineland-Palatinate in 2011 succeeding Rainer Brüderle. [3] He led the Free Democratic Party back into the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate in the 2016 state election. After coalition negotiations Wissing became Deputy Minister President and Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture in Malu Dreyer's second cabinet.

In 2020 FDP leader Christian Lindner nominated Wissing to serve as Secretary General of the party, succeeding Linda Teuteberg. Subsequently Wissing announced his switch for state politics to the federal arena, announcing his candidacy for the Bundestag in the 2021 federal election.

Other activities[]

  • German-Jordanian Society, Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board[4]
  • Association of German Foundations, Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (2005-2013)

References[]

  1. ^ "Volker Wissing zukünftig Generalsekretär beim Senat der Wirtschaft". Pfalz-Express. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag: Wissing, Dr. Volker". webarchiv.bundestag.de. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Lindner schlägt Wissing vor: Kein Politiker der Herzen". Retrieved 30 December 2020 – via www.faz.net.
  4. ^ Parliamentary Advisory Board German-Jordanian Society.


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