Green-tinted conservative

By Paul Hockenos - 25.11.2010 / 04:50 CET

The successes and setbacks of Norbert Röttgen's quest to reshape Germany's centre-right.

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Curriculum Vitae

1965: Born, Meckenheim
1982: Joined the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
1984-89: Law studies at the University of Bonn
1992-96: Head of the CDU's youth wing in North Rhine-Westphalia
1993: Admitted to the bar
1994-: Member of the Bundestag
2001: Doctorate in law, University of Bonn
2001-09: Chairman, federal working group of Christian Democratic lawyers
2002-05: Legal policy spokesman of the CDU/Christian Social Union (CSU) parliamentary group
2005-09: Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group
2009-: Federal minister for the environment, nature conservation and nuclear safety
2010-: Elected chairman of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia and deputy chairman of the national CDU