Dirk Niebel

Dirk Niebel
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development
In office
28 October 2009  17 December 2013
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byHeidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
Succeeded byGerd Müller
Personal details
Born (1963-03-29) 29 March 1963
Hamburg, West Germany
Political partyFree Democratic
Websitedirk-niebel.de

Dirk Niebel (German pronunciation: [ˈdɪʁk ˈniːbl̩]; born 29 March 1963) is a German politician. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development. From 2005 to 2009, he was secretary general of the FDP.