Hans-Peter Friedrich

Hans-Peter Friedrich
Vice President of the Bundestag
(on proposal of the CDU/CSU group)
In office
24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021
Preceded byJohannes Singhammer
Succeeded byYvonne Magwas
Minister of Food and Agriculture
In office
17 December 2013 – 17 February 2014
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byIlse Aigner
Succeeded byChristian Schmidt
Minister of the Interior
In office
3 March 2011 – 17 December 2013
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byThomas de Maizière
Succeeded byThomas de Maizière
First Deputy Leader of the CDU/CSU Group in the Bundestag
In office
28 October 2009 – 3 March 2011
LeaderVolker Kauder
Preceded byPeter Ramsauer
Succeeded byGerda Hasselfeldt
Member of the Bundestag
for Hof
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 October 2002
Preceded byPetra Ernstberger
Member of the Bundestag
for Bavaria
In office
26 October 1998 – 17 October 2002
ConstituencyParty-list proportional representation
Personal details
Born (1957-03-10) 10 March 1957 (age 67)
Naila, West Germany
Political partyChristian Social Union
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Augsburg

Hans-Peter Friedrich (born 10 March 1957) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 1998. Under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel, he served as Federal Minister of the Interior (2011-2013)[1] and as Minister for Food and Agriculture (2013). Friedrich resigned from that position in February 2014. Friedrich has a controversial history with minorities in Germany, causing outrage in 2013 after telling journalists that Islam in Germany is not something supported by history at any point.[2]

  1. ^ "Neue Minister ernannt" [New ministers appointed]. Cabinet of Germany (in German). 3 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Is Britain Siding with 'Dubious' German Minister in EU Immigration Battle?". 7 March 2013.