1. Roland Koch was born on 24 March 1958 and is a German jurist and former conservative politician of the Christian Democratic Union.
18 Facts About Roland Koch
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Roland Koch was the 7th Minister President of Hesse from 7 April 1999, immediately becoming the 53rd President of the Bundesrat, completing the term begun by his predecessor as Minister President, Hans Eichel, until his resignation on 31 August 2010.
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In 1979, Roland Koch became the youngest person to hold the office of chairman of the CDU in Main-Taunus district.
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From 1983 until 1987, Roland Koch served as vice-chair of the federal youth organization of the CDU.
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Until then Roland Koch had been a city council member in his hometown of Eschborn.
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From 1998 onward, Roland Koch was chair of the CDU in Hesse.
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Roland Koch won the election and displaced the incumbent, Hans Eichel.
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Under the leadership of party chairwoman Angela Merkel, Roland Koch was elected vice-chairman of the CDU in November 2006, alongside Jurgen Ruttgers, Annette Schavan and Christian Wulff.
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On 25 May 2010 Roland Koch announced his withdrawal from the active politics.
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Roland Koch resigned as Minister-President of Hesse on 31 August 2010.
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Roland Koch hinted that he was departing politics in order to become active in the business world.
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Roland Koch was seen as a rhetorically gifted politician; critics have accused him of populism.
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Roland Koch suggested that a law passed to provide a guaranteed child-care facilities for children under 3 would have to be reconsidered.
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Ahead of the Christian Democrats' leadership election in 2018, Roland Koch publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair.
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On foreign policy, Roland Koch forged a friendship with the Dalai Lama and supported the self-determination of Tibet.
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On 29 October 2010, Roland Koch was announced as designated chief executive officer of Bilfinger Berger, Germany's second-largest builder.
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Roland Koch was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017 in 2022.
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Roland Koch's father Karl-Heinz Koch was a politician in Hessen.