Rainer Brüderle

Rainer Brüderle is a German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He served as Minister of Economics and Transport of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1987–1998. On 28 October 2009, he was appointed Federal Minister for Economics and Technology in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Following his election in May 2011 as chairman of his party's parliamentary group, Brüderle resigned as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Technology.

22 June 1945

Born on the same birth day (22 June): Barbara Vucanovich • Cédric Mongongu • Dan Brown • Ed Paschke • Joey Cheek • John Perdue • John Wakeham • Johnny Jacobs • Joseph Cohen (solicitor) • Ralph Waite • Sébastien Haller • Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset

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