Armin Laschet

Armin Laschet (born 18 February 1961) is a German politician. Since 27 June 2017 he has been the Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia. He also serves as one of five deputy chairmen of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and as head of the party in his home state.

Armin Laschet
Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 June 2017
Deputy	Joachim Stamp
Preceded by	Hannelore Kraft
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in North Rhine-Westphalia
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 June 2012
Deputy	Ralph Brinkhaus Karl-Josef Laumann Jan Heinisch Ina Scharrenbach Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker
General Secretary	Bodo Löttgen Josef Hovenjürgen
Preceded by	Norbert Röttgen
Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 December 2012 Serving with Volker Bouffier, Julia Klöckner, Silvia Breher and Thomas Strobl
Leader	Angela Merkel Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Preceded by	Norbert Röttgen
Minister for Generations, Family, Women and Integration of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 22 May 2005 – 15 July 2010
Minister President	Jürgen Rüttgers
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia for Aachen II
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 May 2017
Preceded by	Daniela Jansen
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 9 May 2010 – 14 May 2017
Constituency	CDU State List
Member of the European Parliament for Germany
In office 13 June 1999 – 24 June 2005
Constituency	Country Wide Party List
Member of the Bundestag for Aachen I
In office 16 October 1994 – 27 September 1998
Preceded by	Hans Stercken
Succeeded by	Ulla Schmidt
Personal details
Born	(1961-02-19) 19 February 1961 Aachen, West Germany (now in Germany)
Political party	Christian Democratic Union European People's Party (EU)
Alma mater	University of Munich, University of Bonn

In February 2020, Laschet announced his candidacy for Christian Democratic Union of Germany leader in the 2020 leadership election.