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...orphanage in Vietnam. He went on to study medicine, gaining not only a detailed insight into his new portfolio but also the nickname "Doc." In 1992, at the age of 29, however, he gave up a promising medical career to enter politics, joining the economically liberal Free Democrats (FDP). In 2003, he was elected to the regional parliament in Lower Saxony, and six years later, after working his way up the ranks of the FDP, he became Economy Minister of Lower Saxony. His appointment to head the German Health Ministry on Wednesday caps a meteoric rise...
...under intense pressure from the myriad lobbyists, medical insurers, doctors' groups and pharmaceutical companies as he attempts to change the financing structure of the country's health-care system. The appointment of a relative ingénu to this key post caused widespread surprise. One newspaper carried the headline: "FDP Youngster in a Dogfight." But some analysts say his youth and inexperience in federal government will not be a huge issue. " Rösler is very competent, he's a doctor and he's already served as minister in the regional government in Lower Saxony," Oskar Niedermayer, a political science...
...sler was sworn into office with 14 other cabinet members at a ceremony in Berlin on Wednesday, four weeks after parliamentary elections gave Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) enough seats to form a government with the FDP. With the FDP leader Guido Westerwelle becoming Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister and the party also claiming the key economics portfolio along with international development and justice, the Free Democrats are aiming to leverage their junior coalition position for maximum effect. Rösler, as the party's rising star, will no doubt figure prominently in their plans. (Read: "'Much Work' Ahead...
...After joining the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in 1980, Westerwelle later founded its youth organization, the Junge Liberale...
...lives for politics." - Hartmut Knüppel, a close friend who has known Westerwelle since they met through a youth wing of the FDP close to 30 years ago (TIME, Sept...