Wolfgang Kubicki

Wolfgang Kubicki (born 3 March 1952) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP). He has been vice chairman of the FDP in Germany since December 2013. Since 24 October 2017 he has served as Vice President of the Bundestag. From 1992 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2017 he served as chairman of the FDP-group in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament.

Wolfgang Kubicki
MdB
Kubicki in 2020
Vice President of the Bundestag
(on proposal of the FDP-group)
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Preceded byHermann Otto Solms (2013)
First Deputy Leader of the Free Democratic Party
Assumed office
7 December 2013
LeaderChristian Lindner
Preceded byChristian Lindner
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
23 April 1996 – 14 December 2017
Preceded byEkkehard Klug
Succeeded byChristopher Vogt
In office
5 May 1992 – 16 August 1993
Preceded byWolf-Dieter Zumpfort (1988)
Succeeded byEkkehard Klug
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Schleswig-Holstein
In office
September 1989 – September 1993
Preceded byJens Ruge
Succeeded byJürgen Koppelin
Member of the Bundestag
for Schleswig-Holstein
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Preceded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyFree Democratic Party List
In office
17 October 2002 – 9 December 2002
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byChristel Happach-Kasan
ConstituencyFree Democratic Party List
In office
20 December 1990 – 2 August 1992
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byMichaela Blunk
ConstituencyFree Democratic Party List
Member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
5 May 1992 – 14 December 2017
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byJörg Hansen
Personal details
Born (1952-03-03) 3 March 1952
Braunschweig, West Germany
Political partyFree Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Kiel

Early life and education

After high school diploma in 1970 in Braunschweig Kubicki studied economics at the University of Kiel, where Peer Steinbrück was among his fellow students.[1] He graduated in 1975. After that he worked for a consulting company and from 1978 in a Steuerberater ("tax advisor") office. From 1981 to 1983 he worked as a researcher for the FDP in the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag. He finished a second degree in law, completed while working, at the University of Kiel in 1982 with the first state examination. In 1985 he completed the second state examination and has worked as a lawyer since.

Political career

Kubicki has been a member of the FDP party since 1971. In 1975 he became chairman of the former FDP youth organisation of Jungdemokraten in Schleswig-Holstein, 1976 he was elected as member of the board of FDP Schleswig-Holstein, later vice chairman until he was elected chairman in 1989. In 1993 he resigned because of a scandal about a waste disposal site, Deponie Schönberg.

Kubicki was MP of the German Bundestag from 20 December 1990 to 2 August 1992, when he resigned from the mandate and again from 17 October to 9 December 2002. In 5 May 1992 he was elected MP of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag and was immediately elected leader of the FDP parliamentary group. In this capacity, he served on the Parliament’s Council of Elders. He was also a member of the Finance Committee (1992-2009); the Committee on the Election of Judges (2005-2012); and the Committee on Internal and Legal Affairs (2012-2017).

In 1992, 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2012 Kubicki was leading candidate for the FDP in the Schleswig Holstein state elections. While being in office as state chairman of the FDP and again since 1997 he has been a member of the federal executive board of the FDP party in Germany. In 2013 he was elected vice chairman of the FDP, making him part of the party’s leadership around Christian Lindner.

Kubicki was an FDP delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 1999, 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2012.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Kubicki led his party's delegation in the working group on homeland security and civil rights; his co-chairs from the other parties are Christine Lambrecht and Konstantin von Notz.[2]

Other activities

Corporate boards
  • Intensatec Group, Member of the International Advisory Board[3]
  • HSH Nordbank, Member of the Advisory Board (2003-2005)[4]

Non-profit organizations
  • German-Arab Association (DAG), Member of the Advisory Board

Personal life

Kubicki is married to attorney Annette Marberth-Kubicki. They live in Strande and maintain a holiday residence in Santa Ponsa.[5]

References
  1. Kubicki flirtet mit Steinbrück, n-tv, in German
  2. Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (October 22, 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau.
  3. Team Intensatec Group.
  4. Wolfgang Kubicki Landtag Schleswig-Holstein.
  5. Ulrich Exner (1 December 2013), Kubicki, Deutschlands letzter Luxuspolitiker Welt am Sonntag.
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