Christian von Stetten | |
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| Member of Parliament forSchwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | |
| Assumed office 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Wolfgang von Stetten |
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| Born | (1970-06-24)24 June 1970 (age 55) |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Alma mater | University of Mannheim |
ChristianFreiherr von Stetten (born 24 July 1970 inStuttgart) is a Swiss-German[1] businessman and politician of theChristian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He has served as Member of the Parliament of Germany, theBundestag, since 2002. He represents theconstituency of Schwäbisch Hall-Hohenlohe, and succeeded his fatherWolfgang von Stetten as the Member of Parliament from that constituency.[2]
Von Stetten was born to a Swiss mother and a German father.[3] After finishing high school and carrying out his military service, he studied Business Administration at theUniversity of Mannheim and theHeilbronn University of the Applied Sciences and graduated with amaster of business administration degree. In 1996, while still a university student, he founded his first business in the town ofKünzelsau, Germany. The establishment of other companies followed later.
Von Stetten was elected to theBundestag, the federal German parliament, in the2002 elections as the representative of the district of Schwaebisch Hall–Hohenlohe. He was re-elected in 2005, 2009, and 2013.
In parliament, Von Stetten has been particularly active as a financial expert. He has been a member of the Finance Committee since 2002. In this capacity, he was his parliamentary group'srapporteur on theinheritance tax. In addition, he served on the Committee for the Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure between 2005 and 2013.
Within hisCDU/CSU parliamentary group, von Stetten serves as deputy chairman of the Group of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (PKM).[4]
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition of the Christian Democrats and theSocial Democrats (SPD) following the2013 federal elections, von Stetten was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on financial policy and the national budget, led byWolfgang Schäuble andOlaf Scholz.
Since 2025, Von Stetten has been serving as chair of the German Parliament's Committee on Economic Affairs.[5]
In light of theGreek government-debt crisis, Stetten stated in early 2012 that "a Greek exit from the euro zone would not be the end of the world."[6] On February 27, 2015, he voted against theMerkel government’s proposal for a four-month extension of Greece's bailout; in doing so, he joined a record number of 29 rebels from the CDU/CSU parliamentary group who expressed skepticism about whether the Greek government underPrime MinisterAlexis Tsipras could be trusted to deliver on its reform pledges.[7] On July 17, he voted against the government’s proposal to negotiate yet another bailout for Greece.[8] Ahead of the final vote on Greece's third bailout plan in August 2015, Stetten stated that "a temporary Grexit remains the right solution."[9]
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’leadership election in 2018, von Stetten publicly endorsedFriedrich Merz to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair.[10]
Stetten is a member of the noble Franconian Stetten family (de), who date back to 1098. His mother isSwiss, and he holds dual German and Swiss citizenship. He has a brother, Richard (born 1971), and a sister, Franziska (born 1977).[11]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forSchwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe 2002- | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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