Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Rhineland-Palatinate
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2011
Deputy
Daniela Schmitt Sandra Weeser
Preceded by
Rainer Brüderle
Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021
Minister- President
Malu Dreyer
Preceded by
Eveline Lemke
Succeeded by
Anne Spiegel
State Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021
Minister- President
Malu Dreyer
Preceded by
Eveline Lemke
Succeeded by
Daniela Schmitt
Member of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 October 2021
Preceded by
Manuel Höferlin
Constituency
FDP list
In office 23 January 2004 – 22 October 2013
Preceded by
Marita Sehn
Succeeded by
Manuel Höferlin (2017)
Constituency
FDP list
Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021
Preceded by
Herbert Mertin (2011)
Succeeded by
Daniela Schmitt
Constituency
FDP list
Personal details
Born
(1970-04-22) 22 April 1970 (age 54) Landau, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party
FDP
Children
1
Residence
Landau
Alma mater
Saarland University
University of Freiburg
University of Münster
Occupation
Politician
Lawyer
Volker Wissing (born 22 April 1970) is a German lawyer, former judge and politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as the party's General Secretary since 2020, and as Minister for Transport in the federal government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021. He previously was the Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate in the state government under Minister-President Malu Dreyer from 2016 to 2021 and a member of the German Parliament from 2004 to 2013.
VolkerWissing (born 22 April 1970) is a German lawyer, former judge and politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as...
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subscriptions. Since the summer of 2023, Federal Transport Minister VolkerWissing (FDP) has been arguing with the federal states about the financing of...
deputising Minister VolkerWissing. Since 2013, she has also been deputy chairwoman of the FDP in Rhineland-Palatinate under Wissing's leadership and a member...
introduced the 9-Euro-Ticket in summer 2022. The transport ministry, led by VolkerWissing (Free Democrats), failed to prepare an adequate plan to meet emissions...
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Lauterbach SPD 8 December 2021 12 Federal Minister for Digital and Transport VolkerWissing FDP 8 December 2021 13 Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature...
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piloted in many areas of German infrastructure delivery and in July 2022 VolkerWissing, Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, announced that, from 2025...
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2023, he was nominated by Federal Minister for Digital and Transport VolkerWissing to lead the executive board of the Autobahn GmbH, a state-owned entity;...
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Employees 1,300 Annual budget €41.154 billion (2021) Minister responsible VolkerWissing, Federal Minister for Digital and Transport Website http://www.bmdv...
main police union, told to German media. The German Transport Minister VolkerWissing also said that essential cables "were deliberately and intentionally...
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party's delegation in the leadership group, alongside Christian Lindner, VolkerWissing and Bettina Stark-Watzinger. Following the negotiations, the FDP entered...
place at the Wiesbaden Kurhaus, including prominent guests such as VolkerWissing. One of the main goals of the EBS Symposium is to generate open conservation...
Rhineland-Palatinate Incumbent Assumed office 16 January 2013 Deputy Eveline Lemke VolkerWissing Anne Spiegel Katharina Binz Preceded by Kurt Beck Leader of the Social...
May 2021 – 8 December 2021 Minister President Malu Dreyer Preceded by VolkerWissing Succeeded by Katharina Binz Minister for Climate Protection, Environment...
Benner was appointed by Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport VolkerWissing to the German government’s advisory board on its digitization strategy...