Andreas Scheuer | |
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 Scheuer in 2017 | |
| Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure | |
| In office 14 March 2018 – 8 December 2021 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Christian Schmidt(Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Volker Wissing |
| Secretary General of theChristian Social Union | |
| In office 15 December 2013 – 14 March 2018 | |
| Leader | Horst Seehofer |
| Preceded by | Alexander Dobrindt |
| Succeeded by | Markus Blume |
| Parliamentary Secretary of State for Transport, Building and Urban Development | |
| In office 18 October 2009 – 17 December 2013 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Minister | Peter Ramsauer |
| Preceded by | Karin Roth |
| Succeeded by | Dorothee Bär |
| Member of theBundestag forPassau | |
| In office 18 September 2005 – 1 April 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Klaus Rose |
| Succeeded by | Hans Koller |
| Member of theBundestag forBavaria | |
| In office 22 September 2002 – 18 September 2005 | |
| Constituency | List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andreas Franz Scheuer (1974-09-26)26 September 1974 (age 51) |
| Political party | Christian Social Union (CSU) |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Passau |
Andreas Franz Scheuer (born 26 September 1974) is a German politician of theChristian Social Union (CSU) party. From 2018 to 2021, he wasFederal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in theCabinet Merkel IV. From 2013 to 2018, he was Secretary General of the CSU. From 2009 to 2013, he was Parliamentary Secretary of State in the formerFederal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development in theCabinet Merkel II. He was member of the GermanBundestag from 2002 until 2024. In 2016, he was also elected district chairman of CSULower Bavaria, an office he held until 2023.[1][2]
Scheuer was born inPassau and completed high school there in 1994. In 1998, he completed his first state examination in teaching at junior high schools. Afterwards, he achieved a master's degree in political science, economics, and sociology at theUniversity of Passau in 2001. In 2004, he completed aPhDr atCharles University Prague.
Scheuer has been a member of the CSU and theJunge Union (JU) since 1994. From 1997 to 2003, he was district chairman of the Junge Union Passau City. Between 1998 and 1999, he worked as adviser to Minister-PresidentEdmund Stoiber ofBavaria.
From 1999 to 2001, Scheuer served on the JU's national board. From 2001 to 2003 he was a member of the JU board in the state of Bavaria. In 2001, Scheuer was also elected to the CSU district executive Lower Bavaria, from 2003 to 2007 he was district chairman of JU Lower Bavaria. In the 2003 election he joined the CSU district board of Passau City. From 1998 to 1999, he was an employee of Bavarian Minister PresidentEdmund Stoiber. In 2002, he was also elected to the Passau city council. He gave up that seat in October 2024.[3]
In 2009, Scheuer initiated a cross-party group for the protection ofantique cars.[4]
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, Scheuer was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on transport, building and infrastructure, led byPeter Ramsauer andFlorian Pronold.
In 2020, the Bundestag launched an inquiry about the minister's implication in autobahn toll affairs. The opposition parties in the Bundestag accuses Scheuer of breaking the law and making massive mistakes. Scheuer's ministry is said to have broken budgetary and public procurement law when concluding the multi-billion dollar contracts with the operators and "deliberately deceived" the Bundestag about the real costs of the car toll.[5]
Since the2021 elections, Scheuer has been serving on the Committee on European Affairs.[6]
In May 2023, Scheuer drew criticism after he alongside fellow CSU MPsDorothee Bär andFlorian Hahn visitedFlorida to meet with GovernorRon DeSantis, due to DeSantis' perceived anti-LGBT stances.[7][8][9]
In January 2024, Scheuer announced that he would not stand in the2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[10]
In addition, Scheuer is a member of the broadcasting council of the GermanZDF public television channel for the CSU party. In 2016 he demanded a "political aftermath" within the council because of the late reporting of the channel about theNew Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany.[14]
In June 2017, Scheuer voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[15]
Scheuer was married to his first wife until 2011. He was later married to TV presenter Sabine Reisp from 2013 until 2018; the couple has a daughter.[16] In August 2021 he married his girlfriend Julia Reuss.
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