Alexander Throm

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Alexander Throm
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Alexander Throm in 2013
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byThomas Strobl
Personal details
Born (1968-09-08) 8 September 1968 (age 52)
Heilbronn, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Alma materUniversity of Mannheim

Alexander Throm (born 8 September 1968) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2017. In 2001, he co-founded a law firm with Thomas Strobl.

Political career[]

From 2011 until 2016, Throm was a member of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, where he served on the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.

Throm became a member of the Bundestag after the 2017 German federal election, representing Heilbronn.[1] He is a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs, the Committee on the Verification of Credentials and Immunities and the Committee on Rules of Procedure (since 2019).[2][3] In this capacity, he serves as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on the Residence Act (AufenthG).[4]

Other activities[]

  • Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG (SWS AG), Member of the Supervisory Board (until 2019)

Political positions[]

Ahead of the 2021 national elections, Throm endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Alexander Throm". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on Internal Affairs and Community". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. ^ Stephanie Rohde (March 7, 2020), Throm (CDU) über Flüchtlingsdeal: „Wir stellen der Türkei keinen Blankoscheck aus“ Deutschlandfunk.
  5. ^ Norbert Wallet (April 6, 2021), Kanzlerkandidatur der Union: Rückenwind aus Baden-Württemberg für Markus Söder Stuttgarter Zeitung.

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