Herbert Reul is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union who has been serving as State Minister for Internal Affairs in the government of successive Ministers-President Armin Laschet and Hendrik Wust.
10 Facts About Herbert Reul
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Herbert Reul previously served as a Member of the European Parliament.
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Herbert Reul first became a Member of the European Parliament in the 2004 European elections.
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From 2012, Herbert Reul was a member of the European Parliament's delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula.
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Herbert Reul had previously been a member of the delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China between 2004 and 2012.
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Herbert Reul was widely regarded as one of the driving forces behind blocking Martin Schulz' reelection as President of the European Parliament in early 2017.
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Since 2021, Herbert Reul has been serving as deputy chair of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia, under the leadership of chair Hendrik Wust.
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Herbert Reul was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 1994,1999,2004,2009,2010,2017 and 2022.
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Together with Frank Henkel, Peter Hintze, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Christine Lieberknecht, David McAllister and Annette Widmann-Mauz, Herbert Reul co-chaired the CDU's 2014 national convention in Berlin.
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Ahead of the Christian Democrats' leadership election in 2018, Herbert Reul publicly endorsed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair.