Ronald Pofalla

Ronald Pofalla
Pofalla in 2013
Chair of the Kohlekommission
In office
6 June 2018 – 23 January 2019
Serving with Matthias Platzeck, Barbara Praetorius, Stanislaw Tillich
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Head of the Chancellery
Minister for Special Affairs
In office
28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byThomas de Maizière
Succeeded byPeter Altmaier
Commissioner for the
Federal Intelligence Services
In office
28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013
ChancellorAngela Merkel
CoordinatorGünter Heiß
Preceded byThomas de Maizière
Succeeded byPeter Altmaier
General Secretary of the
Christian Democratic Union
In office
5 December 2005 – 28 October 2009
LeaderAngela Merkel
Preceded byVolker Kauder
Succeeded byHermann Gröhe
Bundestag constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
10 November 1994 – 31 December 2014
Preceded byHeinrich Seesing
Succeeded byThorsten Hoffmann (2015)
ConstituencyKleve
In office
20 December 1990 – 10 November 1994
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyChristian Democratic Union List
Personal details
Born (1959-05-15) 15 May 1959 (age 65)
Weeze, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union (1975–)
Spouse
Nina Hebisch
(m. 2016)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Cologne
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Lawyer
  • Lobbyist
Websiteronald-pofalla.de

Ronald Pofalla (born 15 May 1959) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as the Chief of Staff of the German Chancellery and a Federal Minister for Special Affairs from 2009 to 2013, in the second coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. From 2017 to 2022, he was the CEO of the infrastructure department of Deutsche Bahn.[1]