Armin Laschet

Program on etalks.tv:

Debating Europe: The Opportunities and Dangers of Immigration

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Armin Laschet (born 18th February 1961, in Aachen) is North Rhine-Westphalian Minister for Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration. He studied law and political science in Munich and Bonn.

Career

• Studies of journalism
• Free-lance reporter for Bavarian radio stations and the Bavarian television network
• Scientific advisor to Rita Süssmuth, President of the German Bundestag
• Editor-in Chief, President and CEO of the publishing house Einhard Verlag
• 1989-2004 Municipal councillor of the Aachen City Council
• 1994-1998 Member of the German Bundestag
• Since 1999 Associate Lecturer of European Studies at RWTH Aachen (Aachen University of Technology)
• 1999-2005 Member of the European Parliament
• Since 1999 Chairman of the Federal Committee for International Cooperation and Human Rights of the CDU Germany
• Since 2000 Executive Member of the European People’s Party (EPP)
• Since 2001 Treasurer of the Christian Democrat International (CDI)
• Since 2001 President of the CDU District Association, Aachen
• Since 2005 Minister for Intergeneration Affairs, Family, Women and Integration of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Since 2008 Member of the CDU National Executive Committee

(Medienforum NRW)

Selected Weblinks:

Integration in Germany: “We Need a Third German Unification!”

Selected Bibliography
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