Key facts
- Chancellor
- Angela Merkel
- Preceded by
- Guido Westerwelle
- Succeeded by
- Sigmar Gabriel
- President
- Nguyễn Xuân Phúc , Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (Acting) , Võ Văn Thưởng
- Ambassador
- Le Linh Lan
- Consulate
- Zürich and Zug
- Prime minister
- Christian Wulff
- Constituency
- FDP list
- Born
- ( 1973-02-24 ) 24 February 1973 (age 53) , Khánh Hưng , South Vietnam
- Party
- Free Democratic Party
- Spouse
- Wiebke Lauterbach ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
- Alma mater
- Hannover Medical School
- Website
- www .philipp-roesler .de
- Allegiance
- Germany
- Branch service
- Bundeswehr
- Years of service
- 1992–2003
- Rank
- Stabsarzt
- Unit
- Joint Medical Service
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Hannover Medical School
- Political party
- Free Democratic Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Medicine
- Field of work
- cardiac surgery
- Military branch
- Joint Medical Service
- Official website
- www.philipp-roesler.de
- Image
- Philipp Rösler 2012.jpg
- Work location
- Hanover
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- member of
- Second Merkel cabinet
- Commons category
- Philipp Rösler
- date of birth
- 1973-02-24
- name in native language
- Philipp Rösler
- P10632
- Q57789
- affiliation string
- World Economic Forum
- affiliation
- World Economic Forum
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Encyclopedic overview
Philipp Rösler GOM ( German pronunciation: [ˈfɪlɪp ˈʁøːslɐ]; born 24 February 1973) is a German former politician who served as federal minister of health from 2009 to 2011 and federal minister of economics and technology as well as vice-chancellor of Germany from 2011 to 2013.
Rösler was chairman of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 2011 to 2013. Following the 2013 federal election in which the FDP left the Bundestag, he announced his resignation from the chairmanship. Born in South Vietnam, Rösler was the first cabinet minister and vice-chancellor of Asian background in Germany. Before entering politics, Rösler was a cardiothoracic surgeon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q57789” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.