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Ingo Wellenreuther
Member of theBundestag forKarlsruhe City
In office 2002–2021
Succeeded by	Zoe Mayer
Member of theBundestag forBaden-Württemberg
Incumbent
Assumed office 2024
Personal details
Born	(1959-12-16)16 December 1959 (age 65) Karlsruhe,West Germany
Political party	CDU
Spouse	Anke
Children	2
Alma mater	Heidelberg University University of Giessen
Profession	Lawyer
Website	ingo-wellenreuther.de

Ingo Peter Wellenreuther (born 16 December 1959 inKarlsruhe) is a German politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of theBundestag from 2002 to 2021.

From 1991 until 2000, Wellenreuther was a judge at the Karlsruhe Regional Court. He later worked as advisor to theCDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Parliament from 2000 until 2001.

Wellenreuther first became a member of the GermanBundestag in the2002 federal elections.

From 2005 until 2009, Wellenreuther served on the Committee on Internal Affairs. From 2009, he was a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection. Also, from 2009, he served on the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely theFederal Court of Justice (BGH), theFederal Administrative Court (BVerwG), theFederal Fiscal Court (BFH), theFederal Labour Court (BAG), and theFederal Social Court (BSG).

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’leadership election in 2021, Wellenreuther publicly endorsedFriedrich Merz to succeedAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.^[1]

Helost his seat toZoe Mayer of theAlliance 90/The Greens in the2021 German federal election.In 2024, he moved into the Bundestag again as a replacement for Diana Stöcker via the CDU state list.^[2]

• Karlsruher SC, President (2010-2020)
• Federal Agency for Civic Education, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2007)
• German Football Association (DFB), Member of the Board (2013-2017)
• Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future, Member of the Board of Trustees (2006-2011)
• Internationaler Bund, Member of the Board of Trustees (2002-2017)

Wellenreuther is married. He is the father ofFeyenoord's goalkeeperTimon Wellenreuther.

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