Peter Altmaier

Peter Altmaier
Peter Altmaier ; (lawyer, politician);
Born	18 June 1958
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Saarland University
Member of	German Institute for International and Security Affairs
	Germany/Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
In office
	14 March 2018 - 8 December 2021
	Germany/Minister of Finance
In office
	24 October 2017 - 14 March 2018
Preceded by	Wolfgang Schäuble
Succeeded by	Olaf Scholz
	Germany/Head of the Chancellery
In office
	17 December 2013 - 14 March 2018
	Europa-Union Deutschland/President
In office
	2006 - 2011
Preceded by	Elmar Brok

Peter Altmaier is a German lawyer and CDU politician who was Acting Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2018 and as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2018 to 2021. He was previously Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from May 2012 to December 2013 and Head of the German Chancellery and as Federal Minister for Special Affairs from December 2013 to March 2018. Altmaier is widely seen as one of Chancellor Angela Merkel's most trusted advisors^[1]^[2].

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Munich Security Conference/2016	12 February 2016	14 February 2016	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 52^nd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2019	15 February 2019	17 February 2019	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 55^th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019	22 January 2019	25 January 2019	World Economic Forum Switzerland	"The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one."

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