Florian Hahn | |
|---|---|
Hahn in 2025 | |
| Deputy General Secretary of theChristian Social Union | |
| In office January 2019 – February 2022 | |
| Leader | Markus Söder |
| Preceded by | Daniela Ludwig |
| Succeeded by | Tanja Schorer-Dremel |
| Member of theBundestag forBavaria | |
| Assumed office 27 October 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Georg Fahrenschon |
| Constituency | Munich Land |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1974-03-14)14 March 1974 (age 51) |
| Citizenship | German |
| Political party | CSU |
Florian Hahn (born 14 March 1974) is a German politician of theChristian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBavaria since 2009.
In addition to his work in parliament, Hahn has been serving asMinister of State at theFederal Foreign Office in thegovernment ofChancellorFriedrich Merz since 2025.[1]
From 2006 until 2009, Hahn worked onpublic relations at defence companyKrauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) in Munich.
Hahn joined theYoung Union (JU) in 1989.
Hahn first became a member of the Bundestag in the2009 German federal election.[2] He is a member of the Committee on European Union Affairs and the Defence Committee.[3][4]
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition ofChancellorAngela Merkel's Christian Democrats and theSocial Democrats (SPD) following the2013 federal elections, Rachel Hahn was a part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on education and research policy, led byJohanna Wanka andDoris Ahnen. In similar negotiations following the2017 federal elections, he was part of the working group on European affairs, led byPeter Altmaier,Alexander Dobrindt andAchim Post. He has been theCDU/CSU's parliamentary group's spokesperson on European affairs (2018-2021) and defense (since 2021).[5]
Since 2019, Hahn has been serving as Deputy Secretary General of the CSU, under the leadership of chairmanMarkus Söder. That year, he co-chaired the CSU’s convention in Munich, alongsideMarkus Blume andThomas Silberhorn.[6]
In June 2017, Hahn voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[12]
In a joint letter initiated byNorbert Röttgen andAnthony Gonzalez ahead of the47th G7 summit in 2021, Hahn joined some 70 legislators from Europe, the US and Japan in calling upon their leaders to take a tough stance on China and to "avoid becoming dependent" on the country for technology includingartificial intelligence and5G.[13]