Matthias Hauer

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Matthias Hauer
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Hauer in 2017
Bundestag MP
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byPetra Hinz, SPD
Constituencydistrict 120 /  [de][1]
City Council member
In office
2004–2013
ConstituencyEssen[2]
Personal details
Born (1977-12-18) 18 December 1977 (age 44)
Hattingen
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Alma materRuhr University Bochum
Occupationpolitician, lawyer (for banking and investments)[2]
Websitematthias-hauer.de

Matthias Hauer (born 18 December 1977) 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 North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.[3]

Political career[]

Hauer first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[4] He is a member of the Committee on the Digital Agenda (since 2018) and the Finances Committee (since 2013).[5][6]

In addition to his committee assignments, Hauer is part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America.

Other activities[]

  • Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), Member of the Administrative Council[7]
  • Sparkasse Essen, Member of the Supervisory Board
  • Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld, Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees[8]

Political positions[]

In June 2017, Hauer voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[9]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2021, Hauer publicly endorsed Armin Laschet to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party’s chair.[10] For the 2021 national elections, he later supported Laschet as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bundestagswahlen". essen.de. Wahlamt Essen. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Hauer, Matthias. "Biografie". matthias-hauer.de. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Matthias Hauer | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Matthias Hauer". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. ^ "German Bundestag – Digital Agenda". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  6. ^ "German Bundestag – Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. ^ Administrative Council Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
  8. ^ Board of Trustees Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld.
  9. ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, 30 June 2017.
  10. ^ Wolfgang Kintscher (7 January 2020), Vier von fünf Essener Delegierten für Laschet als CDU-Chef Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  11. ^ CDU-Mitglieder in Essen haben in der K-Frage einen klaren Favoriten Radio Essen, 12 April 2021.

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