Joachim Herrmann (born 21 September 1956) is a German politician. He is a member of the

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party. Herrmann is an MP in the

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, the parliament of

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since 1994. Since 16 October 2007 he has been Minister of the Interior of the state of Bavaria.

Political career

Herrmann served as Secretary of State in the Bavarian Labour Ministry from 1998 to 1999 and faction leader of the CSU in the Landtag of Bavaria from 2003 to 2007. In October 2008 he was a candidate within the CSU party for the Minister-President of Bavaria but he withdrew candidacy in favor of

Horst Seehofer Horst Lorenz Seehofer (born 4 July 1949) is a German politician who served as Minister for the Interior, Building and Community under Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Christian Social Union (CSU), he served as the ...

. Since 2007, Herrmann has been serving as Bavarian State Minister of the Interior. As one of Bavaria’s representatives at the Bundesrat, Hermann is a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs, the Committee on Transport as well as the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Regional Planning. Herrmann served as a CSU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the

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in 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2012. In the negotiations to form a

coalition government A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a government by political parties that enter into a power-sharing arrangement of the executive. Coalition governments usually occur when no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an ...

of the Christian Democrats and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2009 federal elections, Herrmann was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on internal and legal affairs, led by

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and Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger; and of the working group on transport and building policies, led by

Hans-Peter Friedrich Hans-Peter Friedrich (born 10 March 1957) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag from 1998 to 2025 . Under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel, he served as ...

and

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. In the negotiations to form a ''

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'' of the Christian Democrats and the

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(SPD) following the 2013 federal elections, he was again part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on internal and legal affairs, this time led by

and

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. During his time in office, Herrmann witnessed numerous incidents of violence in Bavaria, including a train attack in

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on 18 July 2016, a mass shooting that killed nine people in

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on 22 July 2016 and a suicide bombing in

Ansbach Ansbach ( , ; ) is a city in the Germany, German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Mittelfranken, Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränk ...

on 24 July 2016.

Political positions

After the 2017 constitutional referendum that handed new powers to Turkish President

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...

, he called for the European Union to end discussions with Turkey about EU membership and argued failing to issue consequences after the referendum vote would hurt Europe.

Other activities (selection)

Regulatory bodies

* Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Substitute Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council

Corporate boards

Nuremberg Airport Nuremberg Airport ( ) is an international airport of the Franconian metropolitan area of Nuremberg and the second-busiest airport in Bavaria after Munich Airport. The year 2018, with 4.5 million, was the year with the highest passenger volume t ...

, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board *

BayernLB Bayerische Landesbank, also known as BayernLB, is a publicly regulated bank based in Munich, Germany and one of the six Landesbanken. It is 75% owned by the Free State of Bavaria (indirectly via BayernLB Holding AG) and 25% owned by the ''Sparka ...

, Member of the Supervisory Board (2010-2013)

Non-profits

* German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of TrusteesBoard of Trustees
German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK). *

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

(FAU), Member of the Board of Trustees *

Hanns Seidel Foundation The Hanns Seidel Foundation ('' German: Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V.; Abbreviation: HSS'') is a German political party foundation. It is politically associated with but independent of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) party and taxpayer- ...

, Member of the Board * Stiftung Lebendige Stadt, Member of the Board of Trustees

Recognition

Order of the Holy Sepulchre Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre may refer to: * Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic), chivalric order belonging to the Holy See (the Roman Catholic Church) * Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Orthodox), chivalric ...

(2004) *

Order of Leopold II The Order of Leopold II is an order of Belgium and is named in honor of King Leopold II. The decoration was established on 24 August 1900 by Leopold II as Sovereign of the Congo Free State and was in 1908, upon Congo being handed over to Belgiu ...

(2011)

Personal life

Herrmann was born in

. He is married and has three children.

References

External links

Joachim Herrmann
at the

Landtag of Bavaria The Landtag of Bavaria, officially known in English as the Bavarian State Parliament, is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Bavaria. The parliament meets in the Maximilianeum in Munich. Elections to the Landtag are held every ...

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Herrmann, Joachim 1956 births Christian Social Union in Bavaria politicians Living people Ministers of the Bavaria State Government Members of the Landtag of Bavaria Politicians from Munich