Lawyer Wolfgang Bosbach is one of the most experienced and well-known politicians in Germany. As a brilliant speaker and analyst, Bosbach is a welcome guest in political discussions. His concern is always to reconcile internal security for the community and civil rights for the individual. But Wolfgang Bosbach can also inspire his listeners away from the political stage by demonstrating his quick-wittedness and wit. Characteristic of him are above all his strong opinions and his backbone. He does not shy away from headwind – even from within his own ranks.

Lecture topics by Wolfgang Bosbach

• The Future of Germany in Europe
• Politics & Economy: Quo Vadis Germany
• The Politics of the Future
• The USA & China: Europe in a Quandary
• Domestic and Security Policy: What are Germany’s Challenges?
• Encounters. Experiences. Experiences. How politics should be and actually is.

After completing his secondary school education, Wolfgang Bosbach (born 1952) trained as a retail salesman and subsequently worked, among other things, as the manager of a supermarket. At the Rheinische Akademie in Cologne, he graduated as a state-certified business economist and then completed his Abitur (university entrance qualification) via the second educational path. He completed his law studies at the University of Cologne in 1991 with the second state law examination and then joined a law firm in Bergisch Gladbach.

Wolfgang Bosbach has been a member of the CDU since 1972. From 1975 to 1979, he was a member of the district council of the Rheinisch-Bergisch district. Subsequently, he was a councillor of the city of Bergisch-Gladbach for 20 years. In 1994 he was elected to the Bundestag for the first time. Since then he has defended his direct mandate five times. Bosbach is aware of his political base, from which he has never alienated himself.

From 2003 to 2005, he was deputy chairman of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia, and from 2000 onwards, he was deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group responsible for domestic and legal policy for nine years. From 2009 to 2015, he chaired the Parliamentary Committee on the Interior. He is a member of various supervisory and advisory boards, including the ZDF Television Council and the transparency body “Menschen für Menschen”, Karlheinz Böhm’s Ethiopia Aid, as well as a member of the advisory board of 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V. From 2000 to 2006, he was also a member of the board of trustees of the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”.