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Erwin Rüddel

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Erwin Rüddel
Erwin Rüddel in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2009
Preceded bySabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler
Personal details
Born (1955-12-21) 21 December 1955 (age 68)
Bonn, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyCDU

Erwin Rüddel (born 21 December 1955) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2009.

Political career

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Rüddel was member of the council of Windhagen from 1984 until 2018.[1] He served as a member of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1987 and again from 1998 until 2009.

From 2003 until 2008, Rüddel was part of the leadership of the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate, under successive chairpersons Christoph Böhr (2003-2006) and Christian Baldauf (2006-2008).

Rüddel became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election, representing the Neuwied district.[2] He is a member of the Health Committee, which he has been chairing since 2018.[3]

In May 2022, Rüddel announced that he would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[4]

Other activities

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Corporate boards

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  • Süwag Energie, Member of the Advisory Board

Non-profit organizations

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References

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  1. ^ "Biography of Erwin Rüddel". erwin-rueddel.de (in German).
  2. ^ "Erwin Rüddel". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. ^ Daniel Rühle (8 May 2022), Erwin Rüddel fährt langsam runter: Abgeordneter freut sich auf die Zeit nach der politischen Karriere Rhein-Zeitung.
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