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Günther Oettinger

ギュンター・エッティンガー　/　ぎゅんたー・えってぃんがー

Politician from Germany

October 15, 1953 (age 72)　・　Stuttgart, Stuttgart Government Region, Germany

Stuttgart Government Region
politician
jurist
lawyer

My Take

Günther Oettinger is the kind of figure I find quietly fascinating: a Tübingen-trained lawyer turned career politician who ended up steering some of the EU's least glamorous but most consequential portfolios, energy, the digital economy, and the budget. Those are not vote-winning jobs; they are plumbing, and the bloc runs on people willing to do that work. His Federal Cross of Merit confirms the establishment respected him. I appreciate operators who combine a jurist's precision with the patience to manage Brussels machinery for years. He will never be a glamour name, but the unglamorous architects of European governance deserve more credit than they get, and he is one of them.

Overview

Günther Hermann Oettinger (born 15 October 1953) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources from 2017 to 2019, as European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society from 2014 to 2016 and as European Commissioner for Energy from 2010 to 2014.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Günther Oettinger
Name (Japanese): ギュンター・エッティンガー
Reading: ぎゅんたー・えってぃんがー
Born: October 15, 1953 (age 72)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Snake
Origin: Stuttgart, Stuttgart Government Region, Germany
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / jurist / lawyer / judge / consultant

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Tübingen

Awards & achievements

2004 Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2013 Knight Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania
2015 Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
2006 language adulterator award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	European Automotive Telecom Alliance	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A5%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC

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