Johannes-Wilhelm Rörig

Johannes-Wilhelm Rörig (born 25 October 1959) is a German Manager ("Betriebswirt"), Full jurist ("Volljurist"), Labour law judge and Senior Public Administrator ("Ministerialdirigent"). Since December 2011 he has served as the Independent Commission for Dealing with Sexual Abuse of Children ("der Unabhängiger Beauftragter für Fragen des sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs").

Life Johannes-Wilhelm Rörig was born in Kassel. He passed his school leaving exams, focusing on Economics and Administration (Fachabitur Wirtschaft und Verwaltung) in 1978, which opened the way to tertiary education. He attended the Technical University of Cologne, emerging in 1982 with a degree in Business Administration. He passed his lower level public law exams in Berlin in 1988. In 1990 he was appointed bureau chief for Christine Bergmann, the (hitherto East German) president of the Berlin City Council and "junior mayor" of the city. He passed his higher level public law exams in Berlin in 1991. At approximately the same Christine Bergmann became junior mayor of Berlin time he took over as chief of her office in the Berlin senate.

In 1998 he was appointed to a position in the Federal (i.e. national) Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. He worked in the Department for Children and Young People from 1998 as Bergmann's bureau chief, between 2000 and 2009 as head of the central department and between 2009 and 2011 in the sub-department for Children and Young People

Personal Rörig is married and has two children.