27 Facts About Wolfgang Kubicki

Wolfgang Kubicki was born on 3 March 1952 and is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party of Germany who has been vice chairman of the FDP in Germany since December 2013.

Wolfgang Kubicki served as Vice President of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2025.

Wolfgang Kubicki finished a second degree in law, completed while working, at the University of Kiel in 1982 with the first state examination.

Subsequently, Wolfgang Kubicki was first elected to the state executive committee of the Schleswig-Holstein FDP in 1976, where he served until 1988, most recently as deputy state chairman.

Wolfgang Kubicki relinquished this office after his election as state chairman in September 1989.

In September 1993, Wolfgang Kubicki resigned as state chairman in the wake of the Schonberg Landfill Affair.

Wolfgang Kubicki was his party's top candidate in state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 1992,2000,2005,2009,2012 and 2017.

Wolfgang Kubicki lobbied since 2000 for Guido Westerwelle to be elected federal chairman of the FDP and to become parliamentary party leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag.

In mid-December 2010, Wolfgang Kubicki publicly advocated for Westerwelle's replacement as party leader of the FDP in May 2011.

Wolfgang Kubicki said that the FDP was not in a good position to be replaced.

Therefore, the result was considered an extraordinary success, which was mainly attributed to Wolfgang Kubicki and labeled the "Wolfgang Kubicki effect".

At the 2013 FDP federal party convention, Wolfgang Kubicki succeeded then-Development Minister Dirk Niebel, who was eliminated in the first round of voting, as an assessor on the federal presidium.

Wolfgang Kubicki then won in a fight vote against Health Minister Daniel Bahr.

Wolfgang Kubicki is a member of the advisory board of the German-Arab Society.

In May 2018, Wolfgang Kubicki failed with his demand at the FDP party congress to ease economic sanctions against Russia.

Wolfgang Kubicki supported the FDP parliamentary group's proposal for a moratorium on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

In March 2024, Wolfgang Kubicki declared that he would vote in favor of the delivery of Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missiles to Ukraine.

On February 5,2020, Wolfgang Kubicki defended the election of Thomas Kemmerich as Thuringia's prime minister with the votes of the FDP, AfD and CDU.

Furthermore, Wolfgang Kubicki criticized the federal government and the Federal Ministry of Health under Jens Spahn for poor management of vaccine procurement, the introduction of the Corona-Warn-App, as well as for imposing curfews as a mean of dealing with the virus.

In June 2021, Wolfgang Kubicki called for the repeal of all measures which restricting fundamental rights according to him because the legal basis had lapsed due to persistent 7-day incidences below 35.

Wolfgang Kubicki has publicly declared that he has violated against the lockdowns set by the federal government himself.

Wolfgang Kubicki sees the general vaccination requirement as unconstitutional and called it a serious breach of trust.

In early 2022, Wolfgang Kubicki called on Bavarian Minister President Markus Soder to resign, accusing him of misleading the public regarding the role of the unvaccinated in the infection process.

In 1991, Wolfgang Kubicki began advising the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on its privatization for a fee of DM 850,000.

Wolfgang Kubicki was accused of giving the state bad advice and charging excessive fees.

However, Wolfgang Kubicki is said to have concealed his contact with Hilmer.

Wolfgang Kubicki resigned from the chairmanship of the FDP and the parliamentary group in Kiel in 1993.