Friedrich Merz

1975 Abitur; 1975 to 1976 military service; 1976 to 1981 law and political science studies in Bonn; 1982 First State Law Examination in Düsseldorf; 1982 to 1985 legal traineeship at Saarbrücken District Court; 1985 Second State Law Examination in Saarbrücken. 1985 to 1986 Judge at Saarbrücken District Court; since 1986 Attorney at Law; 1986 to 1989 Officer at the German Chemical Industry Association, Frankfurt/Bonn; 2005 to 2014 Partner at the international law firm Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago/Düsseldorf; 2014 to 2021 Senior Counsel at Mayer Brown LLP. 1989 to 1994 Member of the European Parliament; 1994 to 2009 and since 2021 Member of the German Bundestag; 1998 to 2000 and 2002 to 2004 Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group; 2000 to 2002 Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group; 2009 to 2019 Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke e. V.; 2019 to 2021 Vice President of Wirtschaftsrat der CDU e. V.; since February 2022 Chairman of CDU-Germany and since February 15, 2022 Parliamentary Group Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group.