Volker Wissing

Born in Landau in der Pfalz on 22 April 1970 1989 School leaving certificate, Staatliches Gymnasium Bad Bergzabern (high school) 1989 - 1994 Studied law at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken and Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg im Breisgau, First State Examination in Law 1996 Second State Examination in Law in Mainz 1997 Doctorate at the Westfälische Wilhelms University in Münster 1997 - 1999 Judge and Public Prosecutor in Zweibrücken and Landau in der Pfalz 2000 - 2004 Personal assistant to the Minister of Justice of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Herbert Martin 2001 Appointed Judge at the Regional Court of Landau in der Pfalz 2004 - 2013 Member of the German Bundestag 2009 - 2011 Chairman of the German Bundestag Finance Committee Since 2011 Chairman of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in Rhineland-Palatinate 2011 - 2013 Deputy Chairman of the FDP Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag Since 2013 Member of the Executive Committee of the FDP Since 2013 Lawyer 2016 - 2021 Member of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate as well as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economy, Transport, Agriculture and Viniculture of the Federal State of Rhineland Palatinate 2020 - 2021 Secretary General of the FDP Since 2021 Member of the German Bundestag Since December 2021 Federal Minister for Digital and Transport