Heiner Garg

Heiner Garg (born 9 February 1966 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).[1]

Heiner Garg
Deputy Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein
Assumed office
28. June 2017
Appointed byDaniel Günther
Preceded byAnke Spoorendonk
Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs
Assumed office
28. June 2017
Appointed byDaniel Günther
Preceded byChristian von Boetticher
Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs
In office
27. September 2009 – 12 June 2012
Appointed byPeter Harry Carstensen
Preceded byKristin Alheit
Succeeded byGitta Trauernicht
Member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag
In office
28. March 2000 – 28. June 2017
Personal details
Born09. February 1966
Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany
Nationality Germany
Political party
Free Democratic Party of Germany

Early life and career

Garg studied economics at the University of Freiburg.

Political career

Garg first joined the FDP in 1990. In the 2000 state elections, he became a member of Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. From 2003 until 2009, he served on the Committee on Social Affairs. Since 2011 Garg has been leader of party FDP in Schleswig-Holstein, succeeding Jürgen Koppelin.

From 2009 to 2012 he served as Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs in the government of Minister-President Peter Harry Carstensen of Schleswig-Holstein. After leaving government, he was a member of the State Parliament's Finance Committee from 2012 until 2017.

Since 2017 Garg has again been serving as Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Health Care, Labour and Social Affairs, this time in a coalition government led by Minister-President Daniel Günther.[2] As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, he is a member of the Committee on Health, the Committee on Labour, Integration and Social Policy, and the Committee on Women and Youth.[3] He is also a member of the German-French Friendship Group set up by the Bundesrat and the French Senate.[4]

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Garg was part of his party's delegation in the working group on health, co-chaired by Katja Pähle, Maria Klein-Schmeink and Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus.[5]

Other activities

Personal life

Garg lives with his partner in Kiel.[7] In 2020, they got married.[8]

References
  1. admin. "Minister Dr. Heiner Garg". Landesportal Schleswig-Holstein (in German). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. NDR.de: Gesundheitsminister Garg im dauerhaften Krisenmodus (german)
  3. Heiner Garg Bundesrat.
  4. Heiner Garg Bundesrat.
  5. Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP Deutschlandfunk, October 27, 2021.
  6. Board of Trustees Stiftung Lesen.
  7. Queer.de: Sozialminister Heiner Garg will heiraten (german)
  8. Heiner Garg hat Partner geheiratet Kieler Nachrichten, 19 November 2020.
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