Prime Minister Jurgen Ruttgers Name Karl-Josef Laumann Nationality German Role German Politician | Political party CDU Succeeded by Guntram Schneider Residence Riesenbeck | |
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Prime Minister Jurgen RuttgersHannelore Kraft Party Christian Democratic Union of Germany | ||
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Karl-Josef Laumann (born 11 July 1957 in Birgte, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician of the German Christian Democratic Union. Since 2017, he has been the State Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia, an office he previously held between 2005 and 2010.
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- Cda bundestagung 2011 rede karl josef laumann teil 1
- Staatssekret r karl josef laumann zu besuch in gescher
- Background and personal life
- Political career
- State Minister of Labor Health and Social Affairs 20152010
- State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Health 20132017
- State Minister of Labor Health and Social Affairs 2017present
- Other activities
- References
Staatssekret r karl josef laumann zu besuch in gescher
Background and personal life
Laumann grew up with his parents and two brothers on a farm in Birgte. After attending school he was apprenticed as a machinist. After some military service, from 1978 to 1990 he gained experience at the Niemeyer company in Riesenbeck. As a member of IG Metall, he was for many years on the works council.
Karl-Josef Laumann is married and has three children. His eldest daughter is now secretary of the Junge Union in his home community of Riesenbeck.
Political career
Karl-Josef Laumann started his political career at the Junge Union in the district of Steinfurt, as an honorary chairman, a position he still holds. Since 1974 he has been a member of the CDU and since 1977, a member of the Christian Democratic Employees' Association (CDA). Since 2005 he has been National Chairman of the CDA.
For several years, Laumann has been active in the Catholic Workers Movement (KAB). In April 1998 he was appointed chairman of the KAB for North Münsterland.
From 1990 until 28 June 2005, Laumann was a member of the Bundestag. He worked in the Labor and Social Affairs and Labor Economy of the Working Group of the CDU/CSU parliamentary groups. He was successively elected to represent the constituency Steinfurt II in North Rhine-Westphalia in the German Bundestag.
State Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, 2015–2010
After the 2005 state elections, on 23 June 2005, Laumann was appointed State Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs in the government led by Minister-President Jürgen Rüttgers for North Rhine-Westphalia.
State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Health, 2013–2017
Following the 2013 national elections, Laumann was appointed State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Health under the leadership of minister Hermann Gröhe in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. He was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.
State Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, 2017–present
Following the 2017 state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Laumann was part of the CDU team in the negotiations with Christian Lindner’s FDP on a coalition agreement. He led his party's delegation in the working group on economic affairs and energy policy; his co-chair of the FDP was Johannes Vogel.
Since July 2017, Laumann has been serving as State Minister for Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs in the government of Minister-President Armin Laschet. As one of his state's representatives at the Bundesrat, he serves on the Committee on Labour, Integration and Social Policy, the Committee on Health and the Committee on Family and Senior Citizen Affairs.