Andreas Jung | |
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 Jung in 2009 | |
| Deputy Leader of theChristian Democratic Union | |
| Assumed office 31 January 2022 | |
| Leader | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Thomas Strobl |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1975-05-13)13 May 1975 (age 50) |
| Political party | CDU |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Konstanz |
Andreas Jung (born 13 May 1975) is a German lawyer and politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBaden-Württemberg since 2005.[1]
Since 2022, Jung has been one of five deputy chairs of the CDU, under the leadership of chairmanFriedrich Merz.[2]
Jung first became a member of the Bundestag in the2005 German federal election.[3] From 2005 until 2013, he was a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, where he served as his parliamentary group'srapporteur onclimate protection. He also chaired the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development from 2009 until 2018.
In addition to his committee assignments, Jung has been chairing the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since March 2019, he has been serving as co-chair of theFranco-German Parliamentary Assembly.
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition ofChancellorAngela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and theSocial Democrats (SPD) following the2013 federal elections, Jung was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on energy policy, led byPeter Altmaier andHannelore Kraft. From 2014 to 2016, Jung was one of the members of the country's temporary National Commission on the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, chaired by Ursula Heinen-Esser andMichael Müller.[4] In the negotiations to form anothercoalition government under Merkel's leadership following the2017 federal elections, he was part of the working group on energy, climate protection and the environment, led byArmin Laschet,Georg Nüßlein andBarbara Hendricks.
From 2018 to 2021, Jung served as deputy chairman of theCDU/CSU parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairmanRalph Brinkhaus. In this capacity, he was the group's main spokesman for budgetary and financial issues.
Together withRoland Heintze,Daniel Günther,David McAllister,Nadine Schön,Antje Tillmann andOliver Wittke, Jung co-chaired the CDU's 2018 national convention inHamburg.[5]
In the negotiations to form acoalition government under the leadership ofMinister-President of Baden-WürttembergWinfried Kretschmann following the2021 state elections, Jung co-chaired the working group on climate, environmental policy and energy, alongsideSandra Detzer.[6][7]
Ahead of the2021 elections, CDU chairmanArmin Laschet included Jung in his eight-membershadow cabinet for the Christian Democrats’ campaign.[8]
Since 2025, Jung has again been serving as deputy chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, this time under the leadership of chairmanJens Spahn. In this capacity, he oversees the group's legislative activity on climate, the environment, sustainability and development cooperation.[9]
In June 2017, Jung voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[15]
In April 2020, Jung co-signed – alongside around 50 other members of his parliamentary group – a letter toPresident of the European CommissionUrsula von der Leyen which called on the European Union to take in children who were living in migrant camps across Greece.[16][17]
Jung lives onReichenau Island, grew up in Stockach on Lake Constance. He is Catholic, married with two children.
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