Background
MULLER, Gerd was born on August 25, 1955.
Member of the European Parliament
MULLER, Gerd was born on August 25, 1955.
Degree in business studies. Doctorate in politics. Spoken languages: English, reads Dutch.
He is the Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development. He served on the committees for foreign and defense policy and was the spokesman on Europe, foreign, and development policy for the Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) group. Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, 2005–2013
From 2005 to 2013, Müller served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection under ministers Horst Seehofer (2005–2008) and Ilse Aigner (2008–2013) in the first and second cabinets of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
In this capacity, he was responsible for international relations, third-world development projects, and world food aid programs, among other issues.
Following the 2013 federal elections, Müller was part of the Christian Democratic Union/Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) team in the negotiations with the Social Democratic Party of Germany on a coalition agreement. Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, 2013–
Since 2013, Müller has been Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development in the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
He was succeeded as Parliamentary State Secretary by Peter Bleser. In February 2014, Müller accompanied German President Joachim Gauck on a state visit to India – where they met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, among others – and to Myanmar.
In October 2014, Müller co-chaired the Berlin Conference on the Syrian Refugee Situation along with Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres.
In November 2014, he and German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks hosted a conference which raised $10 billion for the Green Climate Fund’s projects to fight global warming. Human rights and development
International agriculture
Müller is strongly in favor of extending subsidizing German agriculture for export, which he hopes will lessen the flow of refugees coming to Europe
Military engagement on the African continent
Müller has in the past voted in favor of German participation in United Nations peacekeeping missions as well as in United Nations-mandated European Union peacekeeping missions on the African continent, such as in Somalia – both Operation Atalanta and EUTM Somalia – (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015), Darfur/Sudan (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015), South Sudan (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015), Mali (2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016) the Central African Republic (2014), and Liberia (2015). He abstained from the vote on extending the mandate for Mali in 2016.
Hanns Seidel Foundation, Member
German Spa Association (DHV), President (2008-2012).
European Union Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag]
Between 1989 and 1994, Müller was a Member of the European Parliament, where he served on the Committee on Transport and Tourism and on the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Economic Community (American College of Physicians-European Economic Community). Since 1994, Müller has been a member of the German Parliament (Bundestag) following the federal election that year. KfW, ex-officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors
Kempten University of Applied Sciences, Member of the Board of Trustees.
Spouse Gertie Müller-Hoorens (née Hoorens). Children: one s.