Michael Donth

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Michael Donth
2020-02-13 Michael Donth (Bundestagsprojekt 2020) by Sandro Halank–1.jpg
Donth in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byErnst-Reinhard Beck
Personal details
Born (1967-06-08) 8 June 1967 (age 54)
Metzingen, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Children3

Michael Donth (born 8 June 1967) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, since 2013.[1]

Political career[]

Donth became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Reutlingen district.[2] He is a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Committee on Tourism.[3][4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Donth is part of the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group; the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America; and the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South Asia.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann following the 2021 state elections, Donth was a member of the working group on mobility, co-chaired by Winfried Hermann and Thomas Dörflinger.[5][6]

Other activities[]

  • Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council

Political positions[]

In June 2017, Donth voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[7]

Ahead of the 2021 national elections, Donth endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Michael Donth | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  2. ^ "Michael Donth". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  4. ^ "German Bundestag - Tourism". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  5. ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
  6. ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen CDU Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
  7. ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  8. ^ Norbert Wallet (April 6, 2021), Kanzlerkandidatur der Union: Rückenwind aus Baden-Württemberg für Markus Söder Stuttgarter Zeitung.

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