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Carsten Müller | |
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| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1970-05-08)8 May 1970 (age 55) |
| Citizenship | German |
| Political party | CDU |
Carsten Müller (born 8 May 1970 inBraunschweig) is a Germanlawyer andpolitician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU).
After finishingschool in 1989 at Gymnasium Kleine Burg inBraunschweig, Müller graduated to 1991 as abanker and in 1992 began to studylaw in the Georg-August-University Goettingen, completing his course in 1998. From 1992 to 1999 he was on the alternative military service in theTechnical Relief. In 2001 he was fully qualified as alawyer and from 2003 to 2006, he also took the management of a medium-sized company in the meat industry.
As a student in 1986 Müller joined theYoung Union and from 1989 to 1990 was the CDU Chairman of theStudent Union inLower Saxony. From 1990 to 1992 and again since 2000, he has belonged to the Land executive of CDU Braunschweig and since 1998 has also been vice-chairman of the CDU for the district of Braunschweig.[1]
Since the2005 elections, Müller has been member of theBundestag. In parliament, he first served on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment before moving to the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety. On the latter committee, he was his parliamentary group'srapporteur on the environmental aspects of transport policy. Since 2018, he has been serving as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy; the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection; and the Committee for the Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure. On the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on digital issues.
In addition to his committee assignments, Müller is a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Baltic States. In 2009, he joinedAndreas Scheuer in initiating a cross-party group for the protection ofantique cars.[2]
In June 2017, Müller voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[3][4]
