Hans-Peter Friedrich

Hans-Peter Friedrich
Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of the CDU/CSU group)
In office 24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021
Preceded by	Johannes Singhammer
Succeeded by	Yvonne Magwas
Minister of Food and Agriculture
In office 17 December 2013 – 17 February 2014
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Ilse Aigner
Succeeded by	Christian Schmidt
Minister of the Interior
In office 3 March 2011 – 17 December 2013
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Thomas de Maizière
Succeeded by	Thomas de Maizière
First Deputy Leader of the CDU/CSU Group in the Bundestag
In office 28 October 2009 – 3 March 2011
Leader	Volker Kauder
Preceded by	Peter Ramsauer
Succeeded by	Gerda Hasselfeldt
Member of the Bundestag for Hof
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 October 2002
Preceded by	Petra Ernstberger
Member of the Bundestag for Bavaria
In office 26 October 1998 – 17 October 2002
Constituency	Party-list proportional representation
Personal details
Born	(1957-03-10) 10 March 1957 (age 67) Naila, West Germany
Political party	Christian Social Union
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Augsburg

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 since 1998. Under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel, he served as Federal Minister of the Interior (2011-2013)^[1] and as Minister for Food and Agriculture (2013). Friedrich resigned from that position in February 2014. Friedrich has a controversial history with minorities in Germany, causing outrage in 2013 after telling journalists that Islam in Germany is not something supported by history at any point.^[2]