Ronald Pofalla 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.
Pofalla in 2013
Pofalla in 2018
Heads of the German Chancellery
The Head of the Chancellery is the highest ranking official of the German Chancellery and the principal assistant of the Chancellor of Germany. The Chief of Staff is in charge of the running of the German Chancellery as well as with coordinating the federal government's work. The Chief of Staff is either a member of the federal cabinet with the rank of Federal Minister for Special Affairs or holds the rank of Secretary of State. All Chiefs of Staff since 2005 have been members of the federal cabinet.
Heads of the German Chancellery
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146III 386, Franz Josef Wuermeling
Image: Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild F004665 0003, Walter Hallstein
Image: Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild P002186, Otto Lenz