Rudolf Henke | |
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| Member of theBundestag forAachen I | |
| In office 27 October 2009 – 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ulla Schmidt |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Krischer |
| Member of theLandtag of North Rhine-Westphalia forAachen II | |
| In office 1 June 1995 – 20 November 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Karl Schultheis |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Milz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rudolf Paul Maria Henke (1954-06-05)5 June 1954 (age 71) Birkesdorf,Düren, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
| Spouse | Eva[1] |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence(s) | Burtscheid,Aachen, Germany |
| Alma mater | RWTH Aachen University |
| Website | www.rudolf-henke.de |
Rudolf Paul Maria Henke (born 5 June 1954) is aphysician and politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the GermanBundestag from 2009 until 2021.[1]
Born inDüren,[1] Henke completed hisAbitur at theStiftisches Gymnasium in Düren[1] before studying medicine atRWTH Aachen University between 1972 and 1979.[1] The following year, he became assistant physician at St Antonius Hospital inEschweiler,[2] rising to become a consultant in hematology and oncology in September 1988.[1]
Henke has been on the board of directors of the physicians' trade unionMarburger Bund since 1989, becoming chair in 2007.[3][4] He is a German delegate to theWorld Medical Association.[1]
Henke joined theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1992[2] and became a member of theLandtag of North Rhine-Westphalia in the1995 state elections.[2] He remained a member of the parliament until 2009,[1] having been twice re-elected,[2] holding positions on the Committee on Labour, Health and Social Affair and the Committee on Research and Technology.[1] Between 2005 and 2009, he was deputy leader of the CDU parliamentary group.[1]
Henke was directly elected to theBundestag in theAachen I constituency in2009,[5] receiving more votes than incumbent federal health ministerUlla Schmidt in the process.[5] Throughout his time in parliament, he was a member of the Health Committee, serving as deputy chairman of the committee from 2014.[1] Henke was re-elected in2013.[6] In the negotiations to form acoalition government under the leadership ofChancellorAngela Merkel following the2017 federal elections, he was part of the working group on health policy, led byHermann Gröhe,Georg Nüßlein andMalu Dreyer.
In addition to his political work, Henke holds various positions that have contributed to making him one of the highest-earning members of the Bundestag,[7] including the following:
In June 2017, Henke voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[11]
Ahead of the2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election, Henke publicly endorsedArmin Laschet to succeedAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party’s chair.[12]
Henke is married with four children, and lives inBurtscheid,Aachen.[1] He was deputy chair of the CDU in the city between 1999 and 2013.[1]
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