Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich
Federal Minister of the Interior
Born 10 March 1957 in Naila, Bavaria; Lutheran; married, three children.
| 1973 | Joined the Junge Union youth organization of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
| 1978 - 1979 | School-leaving certificate (Abitur); compulsory military service |
| 1979 - 1983 | Studied law in Munich and Augsburg |
| 1984 | First state examination in law |
| 1983 - 1986 | Studied economics in Augsburg |
| 1986 | Intermediate examination (Vordiplom) in economics |
| 1986 | Second state examination in law |
| 1986 - 1988 | Studied economics at the University of Hagen (distance-teaching university) |
| 1988 | Received Dr. jur. (L.L.D.) |
| 1988 - 1990 | Federal Ministry of Economics (DG Industry) |
| 1990 - 1991 | Seconded to the German Embassy (economic section) in Washington D.C. |
| 1991 - 1993 | Legislative assistant to the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag; desk officer for the Working Group on Economics, Transport and Agriculture of the CSU parliamentarians in the German Bundestag |
| 1193 - 1998 | Private secretary to the chair of the CSU parliamentarians in the German Bundestag, Michael Glos |
| since 1998 | Member of the German Bundestag |
| 2002 - 2005 | Deputy chair, Bundestag Committee of Inquiry into Party Donations |
| 2005 | Deputy chair, Bundestag Committee of Inquiry into Party Donations |
| 2005 - 2009 | Deputy chairman of the CDU/CU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag responsible for transport, building, urban development, tourism and local politics Member, German Commission on Federal Reform II Board member, SME Circle in the German Bundestag of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag |
| 2009 - March 2011 | Chairman of the group of CSU parliamentarians in the German Bundestag |
| since 3 March 2011 | Federal Minister of the Interior |
