[18] He also played a critical role in founding the Progressive Alliance in 2013 by canceling the SPD payment of its £100,000 yearly membership fee to the Socialist International in January 2012. "[80], Gabriel is a supporter of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation which campaigns for democratic reformation of the United Nations, and the creation of a more accountable international political system. 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PDF/X-3:2002 However he has said that Germany will step into global markets the US abandons and take on a bigger role on the international stage if Donald Trump continues his protectionist and isolationist policies.[32]. [14] That same year, he accompanied Merkel on a two-day visit to Greenland to see the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO world heritage site, and the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier in order to get a firsthand look at the effects of global warming. Oktober 2009 bis zum 22. �Vp|�(G�9. [17], During his early years as chairman, Gabriel pushed through internal party reforms. Der CDU-Außenexperte Norbert Röttgen hat seine Kandidatur für den CDU-Vorsitz angemeldet. 2,172 talking about this. Relevant Links. #�a�IZ��ц�4�>�, KM_Lebenslauf Röttgen_Kandidatenprozess_2020.indd. He argued the U.N. needed to be made "more effective, transparent, and democratic through a reform of its structures and decision-making procedures". From 1999 to 2003 Gabriel was Minister-President of Lower Saxony. Ricky Gervais Enjoys Freaking Out Twitter Trolls - Duration: 7:03. We have a responsibility there. Norbert Röttgen is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. "It is difficult" to forge a relationship with the new US president, admitted Norbert Roettgen in an interview after German chancellor Angela Merkel visited Trump in Washington on 17 March. [8], Gabriel joined the SPD in 1977 and soon held a number of positions in local politics. [96] He later warned against a hasty exit from coal-fired power generation, concerned that such a move could pile more pressure on producers still wrestling with the planned shutdown of nuclear plants by 2022. [2] He was the Federal Minister of the Environment from 2005 to 2009 and the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2013 to 2017. PDF/X-3:2002 Danach blieb er Abgeordneter des Deutschen Bundestages und erklärte die Außenpolitik zu seinem polit… [109], In September 2014, Gabriel called Google, Amazon.com and Apple Inc. “anti-social” for skirting appropriate taxation. After a lengthy custody battle his mother was awarded custody for both children in 1969. 2,225 talking about this. On 24 January 2020, Deutsche Bank nominated him for a seat on the supervisory board of its financial institution. Holger Hansen and Madeline Chambers (5 January 2017). Mai 2012 Bundesminister für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit. Geboren am 2. Mit diesen niedlichen Aufnahmen gratuliert sie ihrer Tochter "Unsere kleine Farm"-Star Melissa Gilbert So sieht Laura Ingalls heute aus. He also argued that a wealth tax would generate no more than 8 billion euros ($9.9 billion) a year. [112], In April 2014, human rights lawyer Mo Shaoping was blocked from meeting Gabriel during his visit to China, despite the minister saying ahead of the meeting that he wanted to meet critical voices. [24] At the time, he was widely considered to have negotiated skillfully, particularly considering the relative weakness of his party, which had received just over 25 percent of the vote in the elections, against more than 41 percent for Merkel's conservative bloc. Europe's Stories Project # Episode Title Description People Date ; 1 : Germany, Europe and the West - 2020 Annual Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture: The 2020 Dahrendorf Lecture, given by Dr Norbert Röttgen (Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, German Bundestag). No need to register, buy now! In 2010, he called for an independent assessment that would determine whether the U.S. counter-insurgency strategy would succeed. Norbert Röttgen is not a household name in Germany, let alone beyond it, but today he became one of the most significant figures in the country’s - and perhaps even Europe’s - politics. ZDFheute Nachrichten 30,955 views. [40] He has also been a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group since May 2018[41] and since March 2019 the advisory board of Deloitte. The alternative to rejecting a mission with the Americans is not to do nothing - I see that (view) among many people, unfortunately also in the SPD - but rather the alternative is a European mission, if necessary without the British, if they decide for the U.S.. – Norbert Roettgen. [31], As Foreign Minister Gabriel has said Germany's "arms will remain outstretched" to the US to continue the trans-Atlantic alliance between the two countries. From 2009 to 2012, he was Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. default The judges raised questions about the minister's "bias and a lack of neutrality" in the case, saying he had held secret discussion during the decision making process. He also led the German delegation to the 2006 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Nairobi. [68], In one of the strongest comments by Germany to push for a federal solution for Ukraine, Gabriel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag in August 2014 that a federal structure was the only option to resolve pro-Russian unrest in the country. Die GmB GmbH soll Daten sammeln, um den… Dreier-Kandidatenrunde für den CDU-Vorsitz: Armin Laschet stichelt gegen Norbert Röttgen, Friedich Merz schaut zu. [44] Since November 2019, he has been working at Eurasia Group as a political consultant.[45]. He was elected in Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel in the 2005 federal election. A key focus of his tenure was on international climate change and Germany's decision to shift to an economy based largely on renewable energy, known as the Energiewende. Sport Tod MacFey-January 8, 2021 0. During his time in office, Gabriel promoted the International Renewable Energy Agency. The remark comes days after Merkel stated, in an apparent policy shift, that "Europeans must really take our fate into our own hands". Norbert Rotter has been a member of the Management Board of itelligence AG since January 1, 2008. Gabriel is a member of the Seeheimer Kreis, an official internal grouping of the party with liberal economic positions. 1 0 obj <>]/Pages 3 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> endobj 2 0 obj <>stream Juli 1965 in Meckenheim; römisch-katholisch; verheiratet, zwei Söhne, eine Tochter. [122] His daughter Thea was born on 4 March 2017. He was Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2009 to May 2012. The independent-minded head of the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee surprised many in Berlin by announcing his candidacy for the leadership of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). %PDF-1.3 %���� He served as the German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from 2009 until 2012. [98] In August 2014, he withdrew permission for Rheinmetall to build a military training center east of Moscow. [114] While the U.S. State Department had previously also criticized the Badawi sentence, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry did not talk about the case publicly when he visited Riyadh only days before. from application/x-indesign to application/pdf [74] Gabriel publicly urged Saudi Arabia to stop supporting religious radicals, amid growing concern among about the country's funding of Wahhabi mosques in Germany which are accused of breeding dangerous Islamists. Norbert Röttgen - Der Anti-Merkel-Kandidat für den CDU-Vorsitz - Duration: 5:23. CDU/CSU seek new ‘climate man’ as Greens rise in polls Germany's conservative CDU/CSU Union has admitted to its own shortcomings when it comes to climate policy and is … xmp.iid:67739e7d-6127-44c5-9386-95f1ee709443 He represented Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel in the Bundestag. Select from premium Party Balkon of the highest quality. Also reported in May 2020, Gabriel was elected to the supervisory board of Siemens Energy. July 2, 1965 – Norbert Röttgen, German lawyer and politician. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. False Norbert Röttgen (born in 1965) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. [91], In September 2014, Gabriel rejected the inclusion of an investor-state dispute settlement clause in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union, prompting a renegotiation that delayed the entry into force of the agreement. In der darauf folgenden Koalition von Union und FDP war er vom 28. [27], Speculation about Gabriel's future as leader of the SPD has been brewing since he registered just 74 percent[28] in a party delegates' vote of confidence in December 2015 – the lowest for an SPD leader in 20 years. CV Dr. Norbert Röttgen has been the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the German Bundestag since 2014. Henry Meyer and Volodymyr Verbyany (4 January 2015). [94], Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, Gabriel harshly criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency, saying it had promoted “the construction of nuclear plants in all parts of the world, even in war and crisis regions. He was Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 2009 to 2017, which made him the party's longest-serving leader since Willy Brandt. [37], Gabriel has been chairman of the Atlantic Bridge[38] and member of the Trilateral Commission[39] as well as the European Council on Foreign Relations. [26], Gabriel, who serves as vice-chancellor in the third Merkel cabinet, took on responsibility for Germany's energy overhaul as part of a newly configured Economy Ministry. 2020-10-26T15:18:09+01:00 Abgeordnetenbüro. [70] Commenting on the international sanctions regime against Russia, Gabriel stated in early 2015 that “we want to help resolve the conflict in Ukraine but don’t want to force Russia to its knees.”[71] He later suggested that Europe consider easing sanctions in exchange for cooperation in Syria. The Biography & CV of Norbert Röttgen from Berlin can be found here as well as news, acuzes and coruption. Adobe InDesign 15.0 (Macintosh) Rechtsanwalt. Friday January 18 2019, 12.01am, The Times. [119][120] Gabriel was subsequently married to his former high school student Munise Demirel, who is of Turkish origin, from 1989 to 1998, and they had no children. On 20 May 2020, Gabriel was elected as a member of the Integrity Committee of Deutsche Bank to the Supervisory Board of the same company. Stefan Nicola, Tino Andresen and Weixin Zha (20 January 2015). Kontakt . [116], In 2010, Gabriel called the speeches of Thilo Sarrazin, his party colleague who wrote critically about immigration by accusing Muslims of refusing to integrate and of “dumbing down” German society,[117] "verbal violence". 1 Roman Olearchyk and Jeevan Vasagar (23 August 2014). "[101] In late 2015, his ministry approved a merger of German tank maker Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) with the French armoured vehicle maker Nexter. In 1990, he was first elected to the State Parliament of Lower Saxony, where he led the SPD parliamentary group from 1998 until 1999. Deals with such countries could be approved because of "special foreign-policy or security interests. "[83], In March 2018, after his departure as German foreign minister, Gabriel published an opinion piece about the future of the relations between Turkey (under AKP rule) and the West, where he advocated for an inclusive stance towards Turkey and criticized the policy of the United States in that regard. He abolished the party steering committee in favor of an expanded executive committee and led the regular party conventions, the most important meetings for the party. [100] However, he also indicated that the government would not universally block deals with countries outside of Germany's traditional alliances. According to Gabriel, he was to find out what trade restrictions were planned for meat products when exporting to Asia in the wake of African swine fever and how export permits could still be obtained. Dr. Norbert Röttgen, CDU/CSU. During these years, he was widely presented as a protégé of Schröder, and even as a possible successor as chancellor. Life path number 1 April 2, 1789 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (d. 1871). Gabriel's parents divorced in 1962, and for the next six years he lived with his father and grandmother Lina Gabriel, while his sister lived with their mother. Norbert Röttgen is a German politician. in Bonn 1994 Zulassung als … [16] He was re-elected as party chairman for a further two years at the SPD party conference in Berlin on 5 December 2011, receiving 91.6 percent of the vote. [123], In December 2016, Gabriel underwent bariatric surgery in Offenbach to shrink his stomach and help manage his diabetes. Adobe PDF Library 15.0 He has been a Member of the German Parliament since 1994. [5] His mother was involved in relief and solidarity work for Poland during the period of martial law in Poland. He stated that controls over the final destination of small arms sold to such nations are still insufficient. 2020-10-26T15:18:09+01:00 Education. [81], In February 2018, Gabriel accused Russia and China of trying to "undermine" the liberal Western world order. application/pdf [93], Together with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, Gabriel presented a joint proposal in 2015 to set up a common eurozone budget. Jul 30, 2020 Thomas R. Pickering, et al. [25], At an SPD convention shortly after the elections, however, Gabriel and the other members of the party's leadership were punished by delegates who re-elected them to their posts with reduced majorities; he received 83.6 percent of members’ ballots after 91.6 percent at the previous vote in 2011. On July 1, 2016, Norbert Rotter was appointed CEO of itelligence AG. Brian Parkin and Birgit Jennen (15 November 2013). Norbert Röttgen. Rainer Buergin and Richard Weiss (4 August 2014). Gabriel has been staunchly against German soldiers remaining in Afghanistan. Gabriel was born in Goslar, West Germany, son of Walter Gabriel (1921–2012), a municipal civil servant, and Antonie Gabriel (1922–2014), a nurse. [66], While German members of parliament call out Iran's human rights violations and Nazanin Boniadi, advocate for the Center for Human Rights in Iran, described "systemic gender apartheid" where women advocating equal rights are regularly imprisoned, homosexuality is illegal and can carry the death penalty,[67] Gabriel became the first top level German government visitor to Iran in 13 years[68] as well as the first senior figure from any large western country's government to visit the country since it struck an agreement on its nuclear program, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, only days earlier. uuid:297c6789-f98a-4443-95f7-6d4d48df4bc0 [69] Travelling with a delegation of German industry representatives keen to move back into the Iranian market, he met with President Hassan Rouhani, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh. Found on Reuters 1 year ago World. Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel (born 12 September 1959) is a German politician who was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 and Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2013 to 2018. In this role he oversees the government’s foreign policy, above all in the run up to important decisions about foreign and … They have three children. As CFO, he was also in charge of the M&A division. Norbert Roettgen (left) is a close ally of German chancellor Angela Merkel. From 2009 to 2012, he was Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. He was born on July 02, 1965 (55 years old) in Meckenheim. What is Norbert's zodiac sign? He had previously won an internal party vote against Wolfgang Jüttner and Thomas Oppermann. 2017-07-05-Norbert Röttgen-Maischberger-3248 Norbert Röttgen in der WDR-Sendung Maischberger am 6. [110] In early 2015, Gabriel and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron wrote in a joint letter to Vice-President of the European Commission Andrus Ansip that the growing power of some online giants “warrants a policy consultation with the aim of establishing an appropriate general regulatory framework for ‘essential digital platforms.’”[111], In 2016, during a series of Chinese bids for German engineering firms, Gabriel publicly called for a European-wide safeguard clause which could stop foreign takeovers of firms whose technology is deemed strategic for the future economic success of the region. Since then, itelligence AG has acquired 30 companies that have been successfully integrated into the Group. [30], Gabriel also announced that he will succeed Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Minister for Foreign Affairs. [91], In a 2014 meeting with French economist Thomas Piketty, whose best-selling work Capital in the Twenty-First Century calls for a wealth tax, Gabriel rejected such a progressive levy on capital as “crazy” for business. Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (German: [ˈʊʁzula fɔn dəɐ̯ ˈlaɪən] (); née Albrecht; born 8 October 1958) is a German politician and physician who has been President of the European Commission since 1 December 2019.. [11], After being voted out of office in 2003, Gabriel became the SPD's "Representative for Pop Culture and Pop Discourse" from 2003 to 2005, for which he was bestowed the nickname Siggi Pop.[12]. [113], During a 2015 visit to King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Gabriel launched an unusual public effort to persuade Saudi authorities to free imprisoned writer Raif Badawi and grant him clemency, amplifying Germany’s political voice in a region in which its influence had largely been limited to economic issues in years past. In 2018, Gabriel was among six of 11 candidates nominated by Siemens to join the board of directors of Siemens Alstom, a planned merger of two railway companies;[33] he ended up not taking the office when the merger was prohibited by the European Commission amid competition concerns. [78], In June 2017, Gabriel criticized the draft of new U.S. sanctions against Russia that target EU–Russia energy projects, including Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Norbert Röttgen is not a household name in Germany, let alone beyond it, but today he became one of the most significant figures in the country’s - and perhaps even Europe’s - politics. norbert-roettgen.de; Biografie; Reden; Abstimmungen; Biografie open/ close menu. [42] In the summer semester of 2018, he was a lecturer at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn[43] and for three weeks in the fall of 2018 a visiting lecturer at Harvard University. endstream endobj 3 0 obj <> endobj 6 0 obj >/PageWidthList<0 595.276>>>>>>/Resources<>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/Properties<>/XObject<>>>/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 595.276 841.89]/Type/Page>> endobj 7 0 obj <>stream Since leaving public office, Gabriel has taken on various paid and unpaid positions. [2], Media related to Sigmar Gabriel at Wikimedia Commons, Minister-President of Lower Saxony, 1999–2003, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, 2005–2009, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister, 2013–2018. [102] Gabriel has been criticized by opposition leaders and the press for failing to prevent several deals that resulted in a significant rise in German arms exports during his tenure,[103][104][105] although a paradigm shift (lifting of the prohibition against arms exports in zones of war and crisis) already occurred before that. VYx�2���Z���o=s�g Sigmar Gabriel has described his family history as a "wild story of flight and expulsion" and noted that his parents dealt with the trauma of expulsion in different ways. PDF/X-3:2002 Von Eckart Lohse, Berlin-Aktualisiert am 20.05.2012-10:03 Schon mal mit dem Säbel gerasselt. Nun hat die Behörde aber ausgerechnet eine Tochter des Lausitzer Kohleunternehmens Leag mit einer sensiblen Studie zu den Folgen des Kohleausstieges beauftragt. [21] As a consequence, he and the other members of the party's leadership agreed to nominate Peer Steinbrück after Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the party's parliamentary leader, withdrew from the contest. About. The Campaign; Welcome to the University; Series featuring Norbert Röttgen. Juli 1965 (Meckenheim); römisch-katholisch; verheiratet; zwei Söhne, eine Tochter 1984 Abitur 1984 – 1989 Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an der Universität Bonn 1989 erste juristische Staatsprüfung 1993 zweite juristische Staatsprüfung 2001 Promotion zum Dr. iur. [89] Meanwhile, he has continuously warned against overblowing expectations for an economic boost from TTIP but maintained that the pact was needed to set high common standards for consumers. According to Gabriel, his father was physically and emotionally abusive to him[3] and was an enthusiastic supporter of the national socialist ideology "until his dying breath;"[4] However, Walter Gabriel never saw active service during the war due to suffering from polio. 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[64] However, he voted in favor of extending German participation in the NATO-led security mission ISAF in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. In a joint statement Gabriel and Austria's Chancellor Christian Kern said that "Europe's energy supply is a matter for Europe, and not for the United States of America. Juli 2017 Foto: Superbass / CC BY-SA 4.0. The independent-minded head of the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee surprised many in Berlin by announcing his candidacy for the leadership of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Röttgen was Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from 2009 until 2012. "[79] They also said: "To threaten companies from Germany, Austria and other European states with penalties on the U.S. market if they participate in natural gas projects such as Nord Stream 2 with Russia or finance them introduces a completely new and very negative quality into European-American relations. [114] He had been urged by MPs and human rights organizations to take up Badawi's case before his trip. (function() { var init = function init() { if (!window.park || !window.park.googlePublisherTag || !window.park.googlePublisherTag.isReady || !window.park.goog [23], In 2013, Gabriel turned the Social Democrats’ third successive defeat to Angela Merkel in the federal election into a share of government, after successfully navigating the three-month process of coalition negotiations and a ballot of about 475,000 party members, who endorsed the accord. He is married to Ebba Herfs-Röttgen. September 28, 2020 10:06 pm As part of a series on the race to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor, POLITICO’s Chief Europe Correspondent Matthew Karnitschnig spoke to Norbert Röttgen, chairman of the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee.