Eduard Oswald

Eduard Oswald (born 1947 in Augsburg) is a German politician who served as one of the vice presidents of the German Bundestag from 2011 until 2013.

A member of the Christian Social Union, he was nominated by the CDU/CSU parliamentary faction to succeed Gerda Hasselfeldt.

From 1987 until 2013, Oswald was a directly elected member of the Bundestag, representing the constituency of Augsburg-Land in Bavaria.

[1] In the last Kohl cabinet, he was Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development.

During his tenure before his election as Vice President of the Bundestag he served on several important committees including transport, economics and technology and finance.