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Günther Oettinger

Politics Aspen Annual Conference 2019 Conference Speaker

Günther H. Oettinger is European Commissioner for Budget & Human Resources since 2017. From 2014, he held office as European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society after being European Commissioner for Energy from 2010 to 2014 and lastly also Vice-President of the European Commission in 2014. From 2005-2010, he was Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and, since 1984, a member of the regional Parliament (Landtag). He was the leader of the CDU Landtag group from 1991 to 2005. A lawyer by training, Günther became actively involved in politics during his adolescence. He is a member of the Federal Executive Committee and of the Steering Committee of the CDU Germany. 

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