Johannes Vogel (born 29 April 1982) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2009 to 2013 and again from 2017 to 2025.
Early life and education In 2001 Vogel graduated from high school. After his civil service as a paramedic in Wermelskirchen, he studied political science, history, and public law at the University of Bonn from 2002. He completed his studies in 2009 with the Magister Artium (M.A.).
Political career From 2005 until 2010, Vogel served as chairman of the Young Liberals. He first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election. From 2009 until 2013, he served on the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs on the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development.
From 2014, Vogel worked with the Federal Employment Agency (BA). That same year, he became the Secretary General of the FDP in North Rhine-Westphalia, under the leadership of its chairman Christian Lindner. In this capacity, he managed the party's campaign ahead of the 2017 state elections. Following the elections, Vogel was responsible for labour and social affairs in the negotiations between Armin Laschet's CDU and the FDP on a coalition agreement.Ex-FDP-Landeschef Pinkwart bei Koalitionsverhandlungen Die Welt, 22 May 2017.
In the 2017 national elections, Vogel was re-elected to the Bundestag. In parliament, he was a member of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs and a substitute member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He chaired the FDP parliamentary group's working group on labour and social affairs and served as the group's spokesman for labour market and pension policy.
In addition to his committee assignments, Vogel was part of the German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group. In 2020, he joined the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.Member Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.
In 2019, Vogel took a leave of absence to be a John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow at Harvard University's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.Johannes Vogel Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University.
At the FDP's national convention in May 2021, Vogel was elected by delegates as one of three deputies of chairman Christian Lindner, succeeding Katja Suding.Till Hoppe (11 May 2021), Johannes Vogel: Auf dem Sprung an die Parteispitze der FDP Handelsblatt.
From 2022 to 2025, Vogel also served on the Committee on the Election of Judges (Wahlausschuss), which is in charge of appointing judges to the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.Mitglieder mehrerer Gremien gewählt Bundestag, 27 January 2022.
Career in the private sector In September 2025, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that Vogel had signed up to becoming head of human resources and legal affairs at German airline Eurowings.Dietrich Creutzburg (20 September 2025), Von der FDP zur Lufthansa: Johannes Vogel wird Personalchef von Eurowings Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Other activities Deutsche Renten Information (DRI), Member of the Advisory BoardAdvisory Board Deutsche Renten Information (DRI). Human Rights Watch, Member
References
External links
Bundestag biography