Hans-Joachim Otto

Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

Hans-Joachim Otto, Parliamentary State Secretary

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Personal Details

Born in Heidelberg on 30 October 1952; married, two daughters.

Abitur (university entrance examination) in 1971 at the Kurfürst-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Heidelberg; university studies in law, economics and sociology at the universities of Munich, Heidelberg and Frankfurt am Main from 1971-1977.

Professional career

1980-1983
Research assistant at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main

since 1984
Partner at a law and notary office in Frankfurt am Main specialising in commercial, inheritance and media law

Political career

1977
Joins the FDP following service as school spokesperson and political involvement at university

1980-1983
First Federal Chairman and co-founder of the FDP Young Liberals

1982-1988 and 1990-1995 and since May 2005
Member of the FDP Federal Executive Committee (Bundesvorstand)

since 1992
Chairman of the FDP Federal Commission for Internet and Media

1995-2012
Chairman of the FDP Rhine-Main regional chapter

1997-1999
City councillor and city council deputy chairman, Frankfurt am Main

1983-1987
Member of the state parliament of Hesse

1990-1994 and since 1998
Member of the Bundestag

1998-2005
Media and cultural policy spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group

2005-2009
Chairman of the Bundestag Committee on Cultural and Media Affairs

Since 29 October 2009
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

Since 3 March 2010
Federal Government Co-ordinator for the Maritime Industry