Volker Wissing
Volker Wissing | |
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Wissing in 2023 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 7 November 2024 – 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Preceded by | Marco Buschmann |
| Succeeded by | Stefanie Hubig |
| Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport | |
| In office 8 December 2021 – 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Preceded by | Andreas Scheuer |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Schnieder |
| General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party | |
| In office 19 September 2020 – 23 April 2022 | |
| Leader | Christian Lindner |
| Preceded by | Linda Teuteberg |
| Succeeded by | Bijan Djir-Sarai |
| Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| In office 7 May 2011 – 7 November 2024 | |
| Deputy | Daniela Schmitt Sandra Weeser |
| Preceded by | Rainer Brüderle |
| Succeeded by | Daniela Schmitt |
| Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021 | |
| Minister- President | Malu Dreyer |
| Preceded by | Eveline Lemke |
| Succeeded by | Anne Spiegel |
| State Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021 | |
| Minister- President | Malu Dreyer |
| Preceded by | Eveline Lemke |
| Succeeded by | Daniela Schmitt |
| Member of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| In office 26 October 2021 – 23 February 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Höferlin |
| Constituency | FDP list |
| In office 23 January 2004 – 22 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Marita Sehn |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Höferlin (2017) |
| Constituency | FDP list |
| Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Herbert Mertin (2011) |
| Succeeded by | Daniela Schmitt |
| Constituency | FDP list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 April 1970 Landau, West Germany |
| Political party | Independent (2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | FDP (1998–2024) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence(s) | Landau, Germany |
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Volker Wissing (born 22 April 1970) is a German lawyer and former judge who served as the Minister for Transport in the federal government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 to 2025 and as Minister of Justice from 2024 to 2025.
Wissing was previously the Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate in the state government under Minister-President Malu Dreyer from 2016 to 2021 and a member of the German parliament from 2004 to 2013. He was the general secretary of the Free Democratic Party from 2020 to 2022. Wissing declared his resignation from the party on 7 November 2024 in order to remain part of the Scholz cabinet in the wake of the 2024 German government crisis. Following the resignation of Marco Buschmann, he also assumed the office of Minister of Justice.