Germany's first Asian-born cabinet minister says his appointment last week has been welcomed throughout Germany's immigrant community. Philipp Roesler, 36, the new health minister, sworn in last week, was born in Vietnam and adopted by a German couple as a baby.
Roesler said a black German who met him just after his appointment said to him, "I think it's wonderful that one of us has become a minister." Roesler added, "I was a bit puzzled at first. I'm yellow-skinned, not black." That was when Roesler realised that non-white Germans saw him as one of them, and regarded his appointment as a good omen. Roesler was entirely educated in Germany and initially entered the German armed forces where he qualified as an ophthalmologist.
Roesler said a black German who met him just after his appointment said to him, "I think it's wonderful that one of us has become a minister." Roesler added, "I was a bit puzzled at first. I'm yellow-skinned, not black." That was when Roesler realised that non-white Germans saw him as one of them, and regarded his appointment as a good omen. Roesler was entirely educated in Germany and initially entered the German armed forces where he qualified as an ophthalmologist.
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