Hermann Färber | |
|---|---|
| Member of theBundestag forGöppingen | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Klaus Riegert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1963-03-26)26 March 1963 (age 62) |
| Political party | CDU |
Hermann Färber (born 26 March 1963) is a German politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBaden-Württemberg since 2013.[1]
Färber completed an apprenticeship as an agricultural machinery mechanic and farmer. He then attended a technical college for agriculture, from which he graduated as a state-certified economist for agriculture. This was followed by the agricultural master craftsman's examination. He managed his family farm for more than 25 years before becoming a member of the Bundestag.
Färber joined the CDU in 2012, but was already a non-party member of the CDU Göppingen district council group from 2004 to 2009. In the internal party nomination on September 28, 2012, he was elected with 305 to 198 votes as a candidate for the2013 federal election.[2]In the Bundestag election on September 22, 2013, Färber received 49.04% of the first-past-the-post votes, winning the direct mandate in the Göppingen constituency. He has been a member of the German Bundestag ever since, after being re-elected with 95.8 percent.
In parliament, Färber has been a full member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture, the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, and the Petitions Committee. He is also a deputy member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Sustainable Development.[3]
Since 2016 he is it deputy chairman of the CDU district association Göppingen.
Färber is a member of theCDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. In his parliamentary group, he is a member of the working groups on food and agriculture and petitions.
Since 2025, Färber has been serving as chairman of the German Parliament's Committee on Food and Agriculture.[4]
In June 2017, Färber voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[5]
