Background
Laumann grew up with his parents and two brothers on a farm in Birgte.
Laumann grew up with his parents and two brothers on a farm in Birgte.
After attending school he was apprenticed as a machinist.
Since 2005 he has been the Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia. After some military service, from 1978 to 1990 he gained experience at the Niemeyer company in Riesenbeck. Karl-Josef Laumann is married and has three children.
Karl-Josef Laumann started his political career at the Junge Union in the district of Steinfurt, as an honorary chairman, a position he still holds.
Since 2005 he has been National Chairman of the Capital Development Authority. Foreign several years, Laumann has been active in the Catholic Workers Movement (KAB). In April 1998 he was appointed chairman of the KAB for North Münsterland.
He worked in the Labor and Social Affairs and Labor Economy of the Working Group of the Christian Democratic Union / Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) parliamentary groups. He was successively elected to represent the constituency Steinfurt II in North Rhine-Westphalia in the German Bundestag.
After the 2005 state election, on 23 June 2005, Laumann was appointed Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs in the government led by Prime Minister Juergen Ruettgers for North Rhine-Westphalia.
Catholic
As a member of IG Metall, he was for many years on the council. Since 1974 he has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union and since 1977, a member of the Christian Democratic Employees" Association ( Capital Development Authority). From 1990 until 28 June 2005, he was a member of the Bundestag.