Friedhelm Ortgies

Friedhelm Henry Ortgies (born 12 May 1950 in Rahden) is a German politician in the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).

A year later, he took over his parents' farm (primarily based around pig rearing and processing[citation needed]), which he managed until 2000, at which point he entered the Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.

After the local elections in 1989 Ortgies Chairman of the CDU group in the city council Rahden.

This office he resigned from the 2000th Since 2001 Ortgies is deputy chairman of the CDU district association Minden-Lübbecke.

Since 16 August 2005, Ortgies has acted as Speaker for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Agriculture and Consumer Protection.