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Rainer Brüderle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Brüderle in 2018 at an event hosted by theFriedrich Naumann Foundation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for Economic Affairs and Technology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 October 2009 – 12 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Philipp Rösler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of theFree Democratic Party in theBundestag | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 12 May 2011 – 22 October 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whips | Jörg van Essen Christian Ahrendt Otto Fricke Claudia Winterstein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Volker Wissing Martin Lindner Florian Toncar Heinrich Kolb Gisela Piltz Patrick Döring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Birgit Homburger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Christian Lindner(2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of theBundestag forRhineland-Palatinate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 October 1998 – 22 October 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Free Democratic Party List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1945-06-22)22 June 1945 (age 80) Berlin,Allied-occupied Germany(now Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Free Democratic Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Mainz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rainer Brüderle (German pronunciation:[ˈʁaɪ̯nɐˈbʁyːdɐlə]; born 22 June 1945)[1]is a German politician and member of theFree Democratic Party (FDP). He served as Minister of Economics and Transport ofRhineland-Palatinate from 1987–1998.[1] On 28 October 2009, he was appointedFederal Minister for Economics and Technology in thesecond cabinet ofChancellorAngela Merkel. Following his election in May 2011 as chairman of his party's parliamentary group, Brüderle resigned as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Technology.
Brüderle was born inBerlin, and grew up inLandau. He was an exchange student inLyon.[2]
Brüderle holds aDiplom inEconomics from theUniversity of Mainz.[1] He also earned a doctorate and worked at the university until he entered politics, first at the municipal level and then at the state level, forRhineland Palatinate.[3]
Brüderle served as a member of the GermanBundestag between1998 and2013.[1] At the2009 election he unsuccessfully contested theMainz constituency, but was elected to the Bundestag for the Rhineland-Palatinate land list.
Petrol prices
In May 2008, Brüderle said, for two-thirds of every gas station bill supported by the State responsibility. He demanded to abolish the road tax in addition to the eco-tax, it is sufficient if "only the real consumption" will be touched by mineral oil from the Treasury. Neither he as economy minister in the federal government since 2009 nor the FDP voiced these demands again.
State aid for Opel
On 9 June 2010 Brüderle refused a request from Opel Germany to 1.1 billion euro in the form of state aid. On the same day Chancellor Angela Merkel gave Opel vague hope of a bailout stating: "The last word on the future of Opel is still out." "The state is not the better entrepreneur" was a justification Brüderle for his vote. The state aid would have resulted in his opinion, to serious distortions of competition in the industry. However, a government decision, there was not, as General Motors and Opel / Vauxhall in Europe applied for no more state aid .
Unbundling law
This would allow the State to dismantle dominant corporations (even without concrete reason) when the competition can not otherwise be made. The German power companies then turned against such a bill. In May 2010 Brüderle defused the bill.
Financial crisis
On 14 September 2011, Brüderle announced that an article written for the newspaperDie Welt by Vice ChancellorPhilipp Rösler, about the possible benefits of a Greekbankruptcy for the rest of the euro zone, confirmed the opinion of a number of European finance ministers.[citation needed]
During his time in office, Brüderle mainly focused on European policy issues as a result of the continent's sovereign debt crisis. By 2012, in the face of growing criticism of the Merkel government's policies, he publicly stated that Germany "could reach the stage at which a referendum on Europe becomes necessary."[4]
In January 2013, party chairman Philipp Rösler offered to the party leadership to step down in favour of Brüderle, then the favoured choice of many FDP members to lead the party into that year'snational election.[5] Brüderle declined, and both agreed that Rösler would stay on as party leader, while Brüderle would be the face of the FDP's election campaign.[6]
In the magazineStern in January 2013, journalistLaura Himmelreich [de] published an article about alleged advances towards her from the politician during a January 2012 political gathering at a bar in Stuttgart. The advances included asking her for a dance and mainly the suggestive comment that she "could also fill adirndl" with a look at her breasts, which she interpreted assexism, sparking a media-wide debate.[14]
Brüderle lives inMainz. He maintains a holiday residence inLehigh Acres, Florida.[15]
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