Ronald Pofalla

Ronald Pofalla
Pofalla in 2013
Chair of the Kohlekommission
In office 6 June 2018 – 23 January 2019 Serving with Matthias Platzeck, Barbara Praetorius, Stanislaw Tillich
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Head of the Chancellery Minister for Special Affairs
In office 28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Thomas de Maizière
Succeeded by	Peter Altmaier
Commissioner for the Federal Intelligence Services
In office 28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Coordinator	Günter Heiß
Preceded by	Thomas de Maizière
Succeeded by	Peter Altmaier
General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union
In office 5 December 2005 – 28 October 2009
Leader	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Volker Kauder
Succeeded by	Hermann Gröhe
Bundestag constituencies Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia In office 10 November 1994 – 31 December 2014 Preceded by Heinrich Seesing Succeeded by Thorsten Hoffmann (2015) Constituency Kleve In office 20 December 1990 – 10 November 1994 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Christian Democratic Union List
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-15) 15 May 1959 (age 64) Weeze, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (1975–)
Spouse	Nina Hebisch ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Cologne
Occupation	Politician Lawyer Lobbyist
Website	ronald-pofalla.de

Ronald Pofalla (born 15 May 1959) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as the Chief of Staff of the German Chancellery and a Federal Minister for Special Affairs from 2009 to 2013, in the second coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. From 2017 to 2022, he was the CEO of the infrastructure department of Deutsche Bahn.^[1]