Volker Wissing

Volker Wissing MdB
Wissing in 2023
Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 December 2021
Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Andreas Scheuer
General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 September 2020
Leader	Christian Lindner
Preceded by	Linda Teuteberg
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Rhineland-Palatinate
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2011
Deputy	Daniela Schmitt Sandra Weeser
Preceded by	Rainer Brüderle
Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021
Minister- President	Malu Dreyer
Preceded by	Eveline Lemke
Succeeded by	Anne Spiegel
State Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021
Minister- President	Malu Dreyer
Preceded by	Eveline Lemke
Succeeded by	Daniela Schmitt
Member of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 October 2021
Preceded by	Manuel Höferlin
Constituency	FDP list
In office 23 January 2004 – 22 October 2013
Preceded by	Marita Sehn
Succeeded by	Manuel Höferlin (2017)
Constituency	FDP list
Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office 18 May 2016 – 18 May 2021
Preceded by	Herbert Mertin (2011)
Succeeded by	Daniela Schmitt
Constituency	FDP list
Personal details
Born	(1970-04-22) 22 April 1970 (age 54) Landau, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	FDP
Children	1
Residence	Landau
Alma mater	Saarland University University of Freiburg University of Münster
Occupation	Politician Lawyer

Volker Wissing (born 22 April 1970) is a German lawyer, former judge and politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as the party's General Secretary since 2020, and as Minister for Transport in the federal government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021. He previously was the Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate in the state government under Minister-President Malu Dreyer from 2016 to 2021 and a member of the German Parliament from 2004 to 2013.