What is Norbert Lammert?
[[File:WLP14-ri-0683-_Norbert_Lammert_(CDU).jpg|thumb|Norbert Lammert]] '''Norbert Lammert''' (born 16 November 1948 in [[Bochum]]) is a [[Germans|German]] [[politician]], and a member of the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/parliament/presidium/lammert.html|title=Dr Norbert Lammert|publisher=Deutscher Bundestag|accessdate=2007-12-17|archive-date=2008-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530155619/http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/parliament/presidium/lammert.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> After military service Lammert studied [[political science]], [[sociology]], modern [[history]] and [[social economics]] at the [[wikit:University|university]] of Bochum and the University of [[Oxford]] (England) from 1969 to 1975. He graduated in 1972 but carried on studying to get a doctorate in social sciences in 1975. Although he has worked as a lecturer, Lammert became a member of the Bochum City Council in 1975. He was elected to the Bundestag in 1980, and has been a member ever since. Lammert was a Vice-President of the Bundestag from October 2002 to 18 October 2005, when he became President. In 2005, he was elected the President of the [[Bundestag]], the German [[parliament]]. Even though the [[President of the Bundesrat of Germany|President of the Bundesrat]] acts as deputy for the Federal President, according to the [[German order of precedence]], Lammert, as [[President of the Bundestag]], is Germany's highest ranking official after the [[President of Germany|Federal President]]. ==Literature== *[[Michael F. Feldkamp]] (ed.), ''Der [[President of the Bundestag|Bundestagspräsident]]. Amt - Funktion - Person.'' 16. Wahlperiode, München 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-7892-8201-0}} == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} * [http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/parliament/presidium/lammert.html Official biography at the Bundestag] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530155619/http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/par