has been Minister for Labor, Health and Social Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017. From 1990 to 2005 he was a member of the German Bundestag. He has been chairman of the CDU Münsterland since 2003, a member of the executive committee of the CDU Germany since 2004 and federal chairman of the Christian Democratic Workers' Union since 2005. From 2005 to 2014 he was a member of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament. From 2005 to 2010 he was Minister for Labor, Health and Social Affairs for the first time, and from 2010 to 2013 he was chairman of the CDU parliamentary group.