Stefan Kapferer

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

Stefan Kapferer, State Secretary

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PERSONAL DETAILS

Born in Karlsruhe on 6 November 1965

Studied administrative science in Konstanz; after graduation worked on a research project at the Treuhandanstalt, the agency charged with privatisation of former East German state property.

PROFESSIONAL DETAILS

From 1993 onward
Worked for the Lower Saxony branch of the FDP (Free Democratic Party)

1994 - 1998
Manager and press spokesperson of the FDP in Lower Saxony

1999
Moved to the FDP parliamentary group

1999 - 2003
Head of the strategy and campaigns department at the FDP's federal headquarters

2003 - 2008
Director General at Lower Saxony's State Chancellery and, as such, head of the representation of the Land of Lower Saxony to the Federation

2008 - 2009
State Secretary at the Ministry of Economics, Labour and Transport of Lower Saxony

2009 - 2011
State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health

Since June 2011
State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

Source: Federal Ministry of Health