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Franz Josef Jung

Franz Josef Jung (born 5 March 1949) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He became Federal Minister of Defence in the Grand coalition cabinet of Angela Merkel on 22 November 2005.[1] In October 2009 he became Minister of Labour and Social Affairs but resigned a month later.

Franz Josef Jung

Angela Merkel

Olaf Scholz

Ursula von der Leyen

Angela Merkel

Peter Struck

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg

Norbert Schüren
Rupert von Plottnitz

Jochen Riebel

(1949-03-05) 5 March 1949
Erbach, Allied-occupied Germany

Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

University of Mainz

Lawyer

franz-josef-jung.de

Member of the Advisory Board

Eintracht Frankfurt

President

Society to Promote the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute

Federal Association for Soldiers’ Welfare (BAS), Chairman (since 2015)

Member of the Board (since 2015)

Petersburger Dialog

Member of the Board of Trustees (since 1989)

Rheingau Musik Festival

Member of the Television Board (since 1999)

ZDF

Hessian State Wineries Eberbach Monastery, Ex-officio Member of the supervisory board (2002-2005)

Political positions[edit]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Jung publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair.[18]

2017 – Alfred Dregger Medal

Personal life[edit]

Jung is a Roman Catholic. He is married with three children and lives in Erbach, Rheingau.

Media related to Franz Josef Jung at Wikimedia Commons

Biography by German Bundestag