Joachim Wuermeling

Member of the European Parliament, 1999–2005

From 1999 to 2005, Wuermeling was a Member of the European Parliament for Bavaria with the Christian Social Union in Bavaria,

part of the European People's Party and served on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

During his time in the Parliament, Wuermeling was a substitute for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen. Most notably, he was the Parliament’s rapporteur on the Consumer Credit Directive.

Other roles included:

1999-2005: Member of the European Parliament

1999-2001: Vice-Chairman of the Delegation to Estonia

2002-2003: Substitute Member of the European Parliament Delegation to the European Convention

2002-2004: EPP Deputy coordinator, Committee on Constitutional Affairs

State Secretary, 2005–2008

Following the 2005 German elections, Wuermeling was appointed State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology. under minister Michael Glos in the first cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel. In this capacity, he was primarily in charge of energy issues. He also served as the government’s coordinator for EU policies and held a key role during Germany’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2007.

In early 2008, Glos put Wuermeling in temporary retirement from government employment and replaced him with Jochen Homann.

Life after politics

Between 2005 and 2011, Wuermeling served as member of the Executive Board of the German Insurance Association (GDV), where he was in charge of European and international affairs. In this capacity, he was also a member of the European Economic and Social Committee.

From 2011 to 2016, Wuermeling served as chairman of the Association of Sparda Banks, a group of twelve regional cooperative banks in Germany.

In July 2016, following a proposal of Bavaria, the Bundesrat nominated Wuermeling as member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank. He left this position in 2023.

Since 2024, Wuermeling has been employed as senior advisor at the Frankfurt office of law firm Allen & Overy.