Name Oliver Wittke Role German Politician | Education Ruhr University Bochum | |
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Party Christian Democratic Union of Germany Profiles | ||
Rede von oliver wittke zu neuen erkenntnissen zur vw abgasaff re am 04 11 2015
Oliver Wittke (* September 24, 1966 in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician for the CDU.
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- Rede von oliver wittke zu neuen erkenntnissen zur vw abgasaff re am 04 11 2015
- Oliver wittke mdb
- Education
- Career in state politics
- Career in national politics
- Other activities
- References
Oliver wittke mdb
Education
Oliver Wittke studied geosciences and economics at the Ruhr University Bochum.
Career in state politics
From 1999 to 2004 Wittke was the direct elected mayor of Gelsenkirchen, this office was ever hold before by politicians of the SPD. On June 24, 2005 he was appointed minister for civil engineering and transport in the cabinet of Jürgen Rüttgers in North Rhine-Westphalia. Since December 10, 2007 he is member of the parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia for the election district of Herford.
On February 11, 2009, he resigned from his ministerial post due to revelations that he had been caught speeding (107 km/h in a residential zone) in November 2008. Pursuant to German law, he was barred from driving for a period of two months. He had committed a similarly severe traffic violation in 2000, and had been barred from driving for four weeks.
Following the 2017 state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Wittke was part of the Armin Laschet’s team in the negotiations between CDU and Free Democratic Party on a coalition agreement.
Career in national politics
Wittke was first elected to the German Bundestag in the 2013 federal elections. He has since been serving on the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and its Sub-Committee on Municipal Politics. On the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on road haulage services, the transport of hazardous goods, railway and automobile technologies, and the motorway toll.
In addition to his committee assignments, Wittke is a member of the German-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group.