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Armin Laschet MdB
Laschet in 2021
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
In office 22 January 2021 – 31 January 2022
General Secretary	Paul Ziemiak
Deputy	Jens Spahn Thomas Strobl Volker Bouffier Julia Klöckner Silvia Breher
Preceded by	Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Succeeded by	Friedrich Merz
Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 27 June 2017 – 26 October 2021
Deputy	Joachim Stamp
Preceded by	Hannelore Kraft
Succeeded by	Hendrik Wüst
Other political offices Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union In office 5 December 2012 – 22 January 2021 Serving with Volker Bouffier, Julia Klöckner, Silvia Breher and Thomas Strobl Leader Angela Merkel Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Preceded by Norbert Röttgen Succeeded by Jens Spahn Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in North Rhine-Westphalia In office 20 June 2012 – 23 October 2021 General Secretary Bodo Löttgen Josef Hovenjürgen Deputy Ralph Brinkhaus Karl-Josef Laumann Jan Heinisch Ina Scharrenbach Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker Preceded by Norbert Röttgen Succeeded by Hendrik Wüst Minister for Generations, Family, Women and Integration of North Rhine-Westphalia In office 22 June 2005 – 15 July 2010 Ministers-President Jürgen Rüttgers Preceded by Birgit Fischer (Health, Social affairs, Women and Family) Ute Schäfer (School, Youth and Children) Succeeded by Guntram Schneider (Work, Integration and Social affairs) Ute Schäfer (Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport)
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Incumbent Assumed office 26 October 2021 Preceded by multi-member district Constituency Christian Democratic Union list Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia In office 1 June 2017 – 27 October 2021 Preceded by Daniela Jansen Succeeded by Rainer Spiecker Constituency Aachen II In office 9 June 2010 – 1 June 2017 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Christian Democratic Union list Member of the European Parliament for Germany In office 20 July 1999 – 29 June 2005 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Jürgen Zimmerling Member of the Bundestag for Aachen I In office 10 November 1994 – 26 October 1998 Preceded by Hans Stercken Succeeded by Ulla Schmidt
Personal details
Born	(1961-02-18) 18 February 1961 (age 63) Aachen, West Germany
Political party	Christian Democratic Union
Spouse(s)	Susanne Malangré ​ ​ (m. 1985)​
Children	3
Residence	Burtscheid
Alma mater	University of Munich University of Bonn
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Website	Official website Governmental website

Armin Laschet (born 18 February 1961) is a German politician. On 16 January 2021, he was elected Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), replacing Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. He was the Minister-president of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 until 2021. He has also been a member of the Bundestag since 2021 and Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2022.

In February 2020, Laschet announced his candidacy for Christian Democratic Union of Germany leader in the 2021 leadership election.^[1] He won the leadership race on 16 January 2021 after beating Friedrich Merz in the second round.

In the 2021 election, the CDU lost 50 seats with many news outlets seeing it as a historical loss. Following the federal election, Laschet claimed personal responsibility for the bad result and resigned as party leader.^[2]

Laschet resigned as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia on 26 October 2021 in order to become a member of the Bundestag.^[3]

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