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Christian Dürr | |
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 Dürr in 2023 | |
| Leader of the Free Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2025 | |
| Deputy | Wolfgang Kubicki Nicola Beer Johannes Vogel |
| Preceded by | Christian Lindner |
| Leader of theFree Democratic Partyin theBundestag | |
| In office 7 December 2021 – 25 March 2025 | |
| Chief Whip | Johannes Vogel |
| Deputy | Gyde Jensen Lukas Köhler Carina Konrad Konstantin Kuhle Alexander Graf Lambsdorff Christoph Meyer |
| Preceded by | Christian Lindner |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member of theBundestag forLower Saxony | |
| In office 24 October 2017 – 25 March 2025 | |
| Constituency | FDP List |
| Leader of theFree Democratic Party in theLandtag of Lower Saxony | |
| In office 17 February 2009 – 26 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Jörg Bode |
| Succeeded by | Stefan Birkner |
| Member of theLandtag of Lower Saxony | |
| In office 4 March 2003 – 14 November 2017 | |
| Constituency | FDP List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1977-04-18)18 April 1977 (age 48) |
| Political party | FDP |
| Alma mater | Leibniz University Hannover |
| Website | http://christian-duerr.de/ |
Christian Dürr (born 18 April 1977) is a German politician who has been theLeader of the Free Democratic Party since May 2025, having previously led the parliamentary group of the party in theBundestag from 2021 to 2025,[1] in whom he served as a member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2025.
Dürr was born inDelmenhorst. He graduated in economics fromLeibniz University Hannover, with a thesis onemissions trading.
Dürr was first elected to theLower Saxon Landtag in the2003 state elections.[2] He was his parliamentary group's spokesperson on environmental policy (2003–2009) and media policy (2013–2017). Between 2009 and 2017, he served as chairman of the parliamentary group; in this role, he succeededJörg Bode.
Dürr first became a member of the GermanBundestag in the2017 elections, representing theDelmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land district. Within his parliamentary group, he chaired the Bundestag group of FDP parliamentarians from Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. He also served as one of six deputy chairpersons of the FDP parliamentary group under the leadership of its chairmanChristian Lindner, where he oversaw the group's activities on finance and budget policy.[3]
Ahead of the2021 elections, Dürr was elected to lead the FDP's campaign in Lower Saxony.[4]
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalition of theSocial Democrats (SPD), theGreen Party and the FDP following the2021 federal elections, Dürr led his party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and thenational budget; his co-chairs from the other parties wereDoris Ahnen andLisa Paus.[5]
In December 2021, Dürr was elected leader of the FDP parliamentary group in theBundestag, succeedingChristian Lindner. In 2023, he was re-elected by 93 percent of his parliamentary group's members.[6]
In January 2022, Dürr told business magazineWirtschaftswoche that Germany needs to attract 400,000 foreign workers a year.[8]
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