Dr. Gerd Müller

Dr. Gerd Müller

• Born in Krumbach/Schwaben on 25 August 1955
• Raised on his parents' farm in Schwaben
• Married; two children
• Master of Economic and Business Paedagogics

Curriculum Vitae

• 1980 to 1989: Professional activity, last as policy officer (Oberregierungsrat) in the policy division of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, deputy press spokesman for the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Anton Jaumann
• 1987 to 1991: Chair of the Young Christian Democrats for the Land of Bavaria
• since 1993: Deputy Chair of the CSU for the district of Schwaben
• 1978 to 1988: Deputy Mayor and District Councillor
• 1989 to 1994: Member of the European Parliament, member of the Agriculture Committee of the EU Parliament

• since 1994: Member of the German Bundestag, representing the constituency of Oberallgäu/Kempten/Lindau

  • Deputy chairman of the group of parliamentarians from the CSU in the German Bundestag, spokesman for foreign affairs and European policy,
    member of the Agriculture and Environment Committee (1994-1998), member of the EU, Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees
• November 2005 to October 2008: Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Horst Seehofer
• since November 2008: Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Ilse Aigner