Jens Spahn life and biography

Jens Spah is a German politician who is currently serving as Federal Minister of Health in the fourth Merkel cabinet.

Spahn graduated in 1999 from the Episcopal Canisius school in Ahaus, North Rhine-Westphalia. In 2001 he completed an apprenticeship as a banker at the Westdeutsche Landesbank, and worked until 2002 as a bank clerk. In 2003, Spahn began studying political science and law at the University of Hagen. In 2008, he obtained a bachelor's degree, followed by a master's degree in the same field in 2017.

Professional career:

1995: Joined the CDU (Christian Democratic Union)
1999: Abitur (higher education entrance qualification), Bischöfliche Canisiusschule, Ahaus
1999 - 2001: Training as a banker, followed by employment as a banker, WestLB-Münster
1999 - 2006: Chairman of the Borken district association of the Young Union
1999 - 2009: Member of Ahaus Town Council
since 2002: Member of the German Bundestag
since 2005: Chairman of the CDU district association, Borken
2005 - 2009: Spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group within the Bundestag Committee on Health
2009 - 2015: Health policy spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag
2009 - 2015: Member of Borken District Council
since 2012: Member of the Federal Executive of the CDU
since 2014: Member of the Presidium of the CDU
2015 -2018: Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance
2017: Master of Arts in political science (University of Hagen, distance education university)
since March 2018: Federal Minister of Health

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