Herbert Mertin
Herbert Mertin (born April 29, 1958 in Temuco , Chile ) is a German politician ( FDP ). From 1999 to 2006 he was Minister of Justice in Rhineland-Palatinate . Since May 18, 2016, Mertin has again been Minister of Justice in Rhineland-Palatinate in the Dreyer II cabinet .
Life and work
Mertin first attended the German School in Santiago de Chile and completed his Abitur in 1978 in Linz am Rhein . After his military service, he studied law in Mainz and Bonn from 1980 , passed his first state examination in 1985 and the second state examination in 1988 . He then worked as a lawyer in Neuwied and Koblenz . Mertin is married and has four sons.
politics
Mertin has been a member of the FDP since 1983 . In the state elections in 1996, he entered the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament .
In 1999 he was appointed by Prime Minister Kurt Beck to succeed the Minister of Justice Peter Caesar , who had resigned for health reasons . After the state elections in March 2006 , in which the SPD gained an absolute majority, Mertin became parliamentary group leader of the Rhineland-Palatinate FDP.
In the state elections in 2011 , Mertin was the top candidate of his party. He attracted media attention during the election campaign in December 2010 when he advised his party friends to campaign without the FDP federal chairman, Guido Westerwelle . In the election, the FDP failed because of the five percent hurdle , so Mertin left the state parliament. Since May 2016, Prime Minister Malu Dreyer has reappointed him as Minister of Justice in her cabinet (Dreyer II cabinet).
See also
Cabinet Beck II - Cabinet Beck III - Cabinet Dreyer II
Individual evidence
- ↑ FDP election campaigners forego Westerwelle , Spiegel-Online
- ↑ Prime Minister of the Mainz state parliament re-elected: Traffic light alliance unanimously for Malu Dreyer. In: swr.online. Retrieved May 18, 2016 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mertin, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (FDP), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Temuco , Chile |