On October 29, the American Council on Germany and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) New York Office will host an event with Hermann Gröhe, member of the German Bundestag and Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group.
Hermann Gröhe is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister of Health in the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013 until 2018. Becoming a member of the CDU in 1977, Mr. Gröhe has been a member of the German Bundestag since 1994. Between 1998 and 2005, he was his parliamentary group’s spokesperson on human rights and humanitarian aid. He subsequently served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2005 until 2008. From 2008 until 2009, Mr. Gröhe briefly served as Minister of State at the Federal Chancellery under Chancellor Angela Merkel.
During his time in office as Federal Minister of Health, Mr. Gröhe focused heavily on global health issues. In March 2016, Mr. Gröhe was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, which was co-chaired by presidents François Hollande of France and Jacob Zuma of South Africa. He later led Germany’s delegation to the 2016 High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS in New York.
Since March 2018, Mr. Gröhe has been serving as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. In this capacity, he oversees the group’s initiatives on social affairs and development policy.