Christoph Ploß

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Christoph Ploß
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Christoph Ploß in 2020
Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Hamburg
Assumed office
26 September 2020
Preceded byRoland Heintze
Member of the Bundestag
for Hamburg Nord
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Preceded byDirk Fischer
Personal details
Born (1985-07-19) 19 July 1985 (age 36)
Hamburg, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg

Christoph Ploß (born 19 July 1985) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hamburg since 2017.

Early career[]

From 2015 until 2017, Ploß worked in media relations at Bauer Media Group.

Political career[]

Ploß became a member of the Bundestag after the 2017 German federal election. He is a member of the Committee on European Affairs and the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure.[1][2]

In 2020, Roland Heintze proposed Ploß as candidate to succeed him as chairman of the CDU in Hamburg;[3] at a party convention, Ploß was subsequently elected by a majority of 86 percent.[4] Ahead of the 2021 elections, Ploß was elected to lead the CDU campaign in Hamburg.[5]

Political positions[]

In 2020, Ploß opposed plans to introduce a mandatory women quota within the CDU’s regional and national governing bodies by 2025.[6][7]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election, Ploß publicly endorsed in 2020 Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.[8]

Controversy[]

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany in 2020, Ploß was one of three members of his parliamentary group – alongside Wolfgang Stefinger and Ronja Kemmer – who became the subject of media scrutiny after they had accepted an invitation to embark on a three-day short trip to Oman; Oman's embassy covered their travel expenses of 5,466 euros each.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on European Union Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. ^ "German Bundestag - Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. ^ Jörn Lauterbach (July 28, 2020), Kandidatur für Landesvorsitz: Hamburgs CDU setzt auf Ploß und eine weitere Verjüngung Die Welt.
  4. ^ Peter Ulrich Meyer (September 26, 2020) Christoph Ploß ist neuer Vorsitzender der Hamburger CDU Hamburger Abendblatt.
  5. ^ Hamburger CDU wählt Kandidatenliste für die Bundestagswahl Norddeutscher Rundfunk, May 29, 2021.
  6. ^ Andreas Rinke (July 8, 2020), Merkel's Christian Democrats aim to fill half key party posts with women by 2025 Reuters.
  7. ^ Florian Gathmann (July 8, 2020), Frauenquote: CDU-Bundestagsabgeordnete kritisieren Quotenbeschluss Der Spiegel.
  8. ^ Christoph Ploß: „Friedrich Merz ist gerade nach der Coronakrise der richtige Mann“ Die Welt, September 20, 2020.
  9. ^ Sven Becker, Roman Höfner and Sven Röbel (July 3, 2020), Junge Unionspolitiker reisten nach Oman: Per Businessclass zum Basar – auf Kosten des Sultanats Der Spiegel.

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