Michael Meister
Michael Meister | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 16 October 1994 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1961-06-09) 9 June 1961 (age 60) Lorsch, West Germany (now Germany) |
Nationality | German |
Political party | CDU |
Alma mater | Technical University of Darmstadt |
Michael Meister (born 9 June 1961) is a German mathematician and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state Hesse since 1994. Since 2018, he has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Political career[]
Meister first became a member of the Bundestag in the 1994 German federal election.[1] From 1994 until 1998, he was a member of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Regional Planning. From 2004 until 2013, he served as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group under the leadership of successive chairpersons Angela Merkel (2004-2005) and Volker Kauder (2005-2013). In this capacity, he oversaw the group's initiatives on economic policy.
In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) following the 2013 federal elections, Meister was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on financial policies and the national budget, led by Wolfgang Schäuble and Olaf Scholz. In the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel, he served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance under minister Wolfgang Schäuble from 2013 until 2018.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under Merkel's leadership following the 2017 federal elections, Meister was part of the working group on urban development, led by Bernd Althusmann, Kurt Gribl and Natascha Kohnen.
Other activities[]
- German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2019)[2]
- German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF), Chairman of the Board (since 2018)[3]
- German Investment Corporation (DEG), Member of the Supervisory Board (2014-2018)
- Jewish Museum Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees (2014-2018)
Political positions[]
In June 2017, Meister voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Dr. Michael Meister". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ Board of Trustees German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU).
- ^ Board German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF).
- ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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