Friedrich Merz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Friedrich Merz

German politician

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1955

Place of Birth: Brilon, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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About Friedrich Merz

  • Friedrich Merz (born 11 November 1955) is a German lawyer and politician of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
  • He served as a Member of the European Parliament 1989–1994, a member of the Bundestag 1994–2009, and as the chairman of CDU/CSU parliamentary group 2000–2002.
  • In 2018 he announced his candidacy in the CDU leadership election in December 2018.Merz has worked as a judge and as a corporate lawyer.
  • He was a full-time politician from 1989 to 2009.
  • He was elected chairman of the CDU/CSU group in the same year as Angela Merkel was elected chairwoman of the CDU, and at the time they were rivals for the leadership of the party.
  • In 2002, he stepped down as chairman in favour of Merkel.
  • In 2009 he withdrew from politics to work as a corporate lawyer, and has served on the boards of numerous companies.
  • He announced his return to politics in 2018. Merz has described himself as socially conservative and economically liberal, and is seen as a representative of the conservative and pro-business wings of the CDU.
  • He has been chairman of the Atlantik-Brücke association which promotes German-American understanding and Atlanticism, and is a staunch supporter of the European Union and NATO, having described himself as "a truly convinced European, a convinced transatlanticist."

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