Bodo Löttgen (born 5 May 1959) is a German police officer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has served as a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2005 to 2012 and again since 2017. He has been chairing his party’s parliamentary group since 2017.

Early life and career

Löttgen was born 1959 in the West German village of Elsenroth and studied applied administrative science and became a high-ranking police officer.

Political career

Löttgen was first elected directly to the State Parliament of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

in the 2005 elections. In the negotiations to form a

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under the leadership of

Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (), also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (''NRW''). The position was created in 1946, when the British administr ...

Hendrik Wüst Hendrik Josef Wüst (born 19 July 1975) is a German politician serving as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Minister-President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2021. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Ger ...

following the 2022 state elections, Löttgen was part of his party’s delegation.

Other activities

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, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2019) Frank Klemmer (19 September 2020)
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References

1959 births Living people Members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub