Johannes Steiniger
Johannes Steiniger | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Steiniger in 2019 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 June 1987 |
| 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.
In addition to his work in parliament, Steiniger has been serving as a Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2026.[1]
Political career
[edit]Beginnings
[edit]Steiniger joined the CDU in 2003. From 2010 until 2018, he served as chairman of the Young Union (JU) in Rhineland-Palatinate.[2]
Member of the German Parliament, 2013–present
[edit]Steiniger first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Neustadt – Speyer district.[3] He is a member of the Finance Committee and the Sports Committee.[4][5] On the Finance Committee, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on climate protection. From 2020 until 2021, he was also involved in the parliamentary inquiry into the Wirecard scandal.[6]
In 2014, Steiniger led efforts to remove fellow politician Sven Heibel from the board of the JU in Rhineland-Palatinate after Heibel caused national outrage by calling for the partial reintroduction of criminal liability for homosexuality.[7][8]
Other activities
[edit]- European Foundation for the Speyer Cathedral, Member of the Board of Trustees[9]
- 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
[edit]In June 2017, Steiniger voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[10]
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election, Steiniger publicly endorsed in 2020 Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.[11] For the 2021 national elections, he later endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ Bad Dürkheim: Johannes Steiniger (CDU) wird Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär Südwestrundfunk, 27 July 2026.
- ↑ Dagmar Schindler-Nickel (6 November 2016), Johannes Steiniger aus Bad Dürkheim bleibt Landesvorsitzenden der Jungen Union Die Rheinpfalz.
- ↑ "Johannes Steiniger". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ↑ "German Bundestag - Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ↑ "German Bundestag - Sports". German Bundestag. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ↑ Bundestagsabgeordneter Johannes Steiniger im Wirecard-Ausschuss Die Rheinpfalz, 2 March 2021.
- ↑ Thomas Holl (12 June 2014), 20 Jahre nach Abschaffung: CDU-Politiker verteidigt Homosexuellen-Paragraph Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ↑ Nach homophoben Äußerungen: CDU-Politiker Heibel verliert Amt Frankfurter Rundschau, 2 March 2021.
- ↑ Johannes Steiniger Bundestag.
- ↑ 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)
| International | |
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| People | |
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Members of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate
- Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017
- Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
- Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029
- People from Bad Dürkheim