Volker Wissing

Volker Wissing
Wissing in 2023
Minister of Justice
Assumed office
7 November 2024
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byMarco Buschmann
Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport
Assumed office
8 December 2021
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byAndreas Scheuer
General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party
In office
19 September 2020 – 23 April 2022
LeaderChristian Lindner
Preceded byLinda Teuteberg
Succeeded byBijan Djir-Sarai
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
7 May 2011 – 7 November 2024
DeputyDaniela Schmitt
Sandra Weeser
Preceded byRainer Brüderle
Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021
Minister-
President
Malu Dreyer
Preceded byEveline Lemke
Succeeded byAnne Spiegel
State Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021
Minister-
President
Malu Dreyer
Preceded byEveline Lemke
Succeeded byDaniela Schmitt
Member of the Bundestag
for Rhineland-Palatinate
Assumed office
26 October 2021
Preceded byManuel Höferlin
ConstituencyFDP list
In office
23 January 2004 – 22 October 2013
Preceded byMarita Sehn
Succeeded byManuel Höferlin (2017)
ConstituencyFDP list
Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021
Preceded byHerbert Mertin (2011)
Succeeded byDaniela Schmitt
ConstituencyFDP list
Personal details
Born (1970-04-22) 22 April 1970 (age 54)
Landau, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyIndependent (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
FDP (1998–‍2024)
Children1
Residence(s)Landau, Germany
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Lawyer

Volker Wissing (born 22 April 1970) is a German lawyer and former judge who has been serving as the Minister for Transport in the federal government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021 and as Minister of Justice since 2024.

Wissing was previously the Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate in the state government under Minister-President Malu Dreyer from 2016 to 2021 and a member of the German parliament from 2004 to 2013. He was the general secretary of the Free Democratic Party from 2020 to 2022. Wissing declared his resignation from the party on 7 November 2024 in order to remain part of the Scholz cabinet in the wake of the 2024 German government crisis. Following the resignation of Marco Buschmann, he also assumed the office of Minister of Justice.[1]

  1. ^ "What's in store for Germany after the government collapse? – DW – 11/07/2024". dw.com. Retrieved 7 November 2024.