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Minister of State Gunther Krichbaum
Gunther Krichbaum has been Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office since 6 May 2025.
Curriculum vitae
Since May 2025
Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office
2022 to 2025
European Policy Spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group
2019 to 2021
Chairman of the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group
2007 to 2021
Chairman of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union of the German Bundestag
Since 2002
Member of the German Bundestag
1995 to 2002
Self-employed business consultant
1992 to 1995
Legal intern at Heidelberg Regional Court, Second State Examination in Law
1985 to 1991
Studied law in Tübingen, Lausanne, Geneva and Heidelberg; First State Examination in Law at Heidelberg University; scholarship holder of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
1984 to 1985
Military service
1983
Joined the CDU
1979
Joined Junge Union
Born on 4 May 1964 in Korntal, Baden-Württemberg