Johannes Steiniger
Johannes Steiniger | |
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 Johannes Steiniger in 2019 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
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| Born | 18 June 1987 Bad Dürkheim, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | CDU |
| Alma mater | University of Mannheim |
Johannes Steiniger (born 18 June 1987) is a German teacher and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2013.
Political career[]
Steiniger first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[1] He is a member of the Finance Committee and the Sports Committee.[2][3] On the Finance Committee, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on climate protection.
Other activities[]
- Sparkasse Rhein Haardt, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2019)
- Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees
Political positions[]
In June 2017, Steiniger voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[4]
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election, Steiniger publicly endorsed in 2020 Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party’s chair.[5] For the 2021 national elections, he later endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Johannes Steiniger". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Sports". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
- ^ Andreas Schröder (February 26 2020), Zwei für Merz, einer für Laschet: Wen Pfälzer CDU-Abgeordnete unterstützen wollen Die Rheinpfalz.
- ^ Veit Medick (March 29, 2021), Krise der Union: Erste CDU-Abgeordnete für Söder als Kanzlerkandidat Der Spiegel.
External links[]
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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