Daniel Bahr

Daniel Bahr
Bahr in 2012
Federal Minister of Health
In office 12 May 2011 – 17 December 2013
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Philipp Rösler
Succeeded by	Hermann Gröhe
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 27 November 2010 – 13 May 2012
Preceded by	Andreas Pinkwart
Succeeded by	Christian Lindner
Parliamentary Secretary of State for Health
In office 29 October 2009 – 11 May 2011
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Minister	Philipp Rösler
Preceded by	Marion Caspers-Merk
Succeeded by	Ulrike Flach
Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 17 October 2002 – 22 October 2013
Constituency	FDP List
Personal details
Born	(1976-11-04) 4 November 1976 (age 48) Lahnstein, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	FDP
Spouse	Judy Witten
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Münster
Occupation	Banker
Website	daniel-bahr.de (in German)

Daniel Bahr (German pronunciation: [ˈdaːni̯eːl ˈbaːɐ̯, ˈdaːni̯ɛl -]; born 4 November 1976) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as Federal Minister of Health from 2011 to 2013. His party failed to get a seat in Bundestag at the 2013 federal elections, and he started to work for Allianz insurance group. Due to his previous position as Minister of Health, his move to a private sector healthcare player has been heavily criticized by the public.^{[citation needed]}