Daniel Bahr | |
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.jpg) Bahr in 2012 | |
| Federal Minister of Health | |
| In office 12 May 2011 – 17 December 2013 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Philipp Rösler |
| Succeeded by | Hermann Gröhe |
| Leader of theFree Democratic Party inNorth Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 27 November 2010 – 13 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Andreas Pinkwart |
| Succeeded by | Christian Lindner |
| Parliamentary Secretary of State for Health | |
| In office 29 October 2009 – 11 May 2011 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Minister | Philipp Rösler |
| Preceded by | Marion Caspers-Merk |
| Succeeded by | Ulrike Flach |
| Member of theBundestag forNorth Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 17 October 2002 – 22 October 2013 | |
| Constituency | FDP List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1976-11-04)4 November 1976 (age 49) |
| Political party | FDP |
| Spouse | Judy Witten |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Münster |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Website | daniel-bahr |
Daniel Bahr (German pronunciation:[ˈdaːni̯eːlˈbaːɐ̯,ˈdaːni̯ɛl-]; born 4 November 1976) is a German politician of theFree Democratic Party (FDP) who served asFederal Minister of Health from 2011 to 2013. His party failed to get a seat in Bundestag at the2013 federal elections, and he started to work for Allianz insurance group. Due to his previous position as Minister of Health, his move to a private sector healthcare player has been heavily criticized by the public.[citation needed]
Bahr was born the son of a policeman inLahnstein,Rhineland-Palatinate. He graduated from Immanuel-Kant High School,Münster, in 1996. He subsequently went on to an apprenticeship as abank clerk atDresdner Bank inSchwerin andHamburg. In the winter of 1998 Bahr began studying economics at theUniversity of Münster, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics. In 2008 he completed another course of study, focusing on international healthcare and hospital management, graduating with aMaster of Business Administration (MBA).
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Bahr joined the Young Liberals (the German short form is "JuLis" fromJunge Liberale) at the age of 14 in 1990. Two years later he became a member of their mother party FDP. From 1994 to 1996, he was chairman of the JuLis in the district ofMünster. In 1999, he was elected national chairman of the JuLis, an office he held until 2004.
Bahr became a member of the FDP's federal executive board in 2001. He was widely regarded as the FDP's expert on health policy. In 2003, he became chairman of the party's "Zukunftsforum" (Future Forum) on "Frauen, kinderfreundliches Deutschland, Generationengerechtigkeit" ("Women, Child-friendly Germany, a Generation Fairness").
Bahr served as the chairman of the FDP in the Münsterland district in 2006, and led the party's opposition against thegrand coalition's health sector reform. On 27 November 2010, he was elected at the state convention of the North Rhine-Westphalian FDP to the state chairman.
In the negotiations to form acoalition government of the FDP and the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) following the2009 federal elections, Bahr was part of the FDP delegation in the working group on health policy, led byUrsula von der Leyen andPhilipp Rösler.
On 12 May 2011, Bahr was appointed by theFederal President to become the Federal Minister of Health in ChancellorAngela Merkel's second government. His predecessor, Philipp Rösler, moved on to become Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Vice-Chancellor. On the same day his swearing-in ceremony was held in the German Bundestag. With the German care home sector facing an acute labor shortage, Bahr proposed relaxing rules for bringing in foreign care workers.[1]
In 2012, Bahr was selected aYoung Global Leader by theWorld Economic Forum.
With the commencement of theCabinet Merkel III on 17 December 2013 Bahr retired from the federal government.
From February to mid-2014, Bahr served as ahealth care reform advisor for thethink tankCenter for American Progress.[2] In addition, he worked as a guest lecturer onhealth economics at theUniversity of Michigan.[3]
On 29 September 2014, it was announced that Bahr would join theexecutive board of Allianz Private Krankenversicherungs-AG (APKV), a health insurance provide owned byAllianz.[4] Following the approval of theFederal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), he has been serving on the company's executive board since 2017.[5]
In 2010, Bahr caused controversy when he—amid a dispute over the proposals ofPhilipp Rösler to introduce a health premium—accused the coalition partnerCSU of behaving like "wild boar" and "only destructive".[9][10]
In 2008, Bahr married lawyer Judy Witten inHamburg. The couple has three children. In 2019, he was diagnosed with cancer.[11]
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