Johannes Steiniger | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Steiniger in 2019 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
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| Born | (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (age 38) |
| Political party | CDU |
| Alma mater | University of Mannheim |
Johannes Steiniger (born 18 June 1987) is a German teacher and politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of theBundestag from the state ofRhineland-Palatinate since 2013.
Steiniger joined the CDU in 2003. From 2010 until 2018, he served as chairman of theYoung Union (JU) in Rhineland-Palatinate.[1]
Steiniger first became a member of the Bundestag in the2013 German federal election, representing theNeustadt – Speyer district.[2] He is a member of the Finance Committee and the Sports Committee.[3][4] On the Finance Committee, he is his parliamentary group'srapporteur on climate protection. From 2020 until 2021, he was also involved in the parliamentary inquiry into theWirecard scandal.[5]
In 2014, Steiniger led efforts to remove fellow politician Sven Heibel from the board of the JU in Rhineland-Palatinate after Heibel caused national outrage by calling for the partial reintroduction of criminal liability for homosexuality.[6][7]
In June 2017, Steiniger voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[8]
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’leadership election, Steiniger publicly endorsed in 2020Friedrich Merz to succeedAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.[9] For the2021 national elections, he later endorsedMarkus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeedChancellorAngela Merkel.[10]
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