Markus Grübel | |
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 Grübel in 2014 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2002–2025 | |
| Preceded by | Siegmar Mosdorf |
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| Born | (1959-10-15)15 October 1959 (age 66) |
| Political party | CDU |
Markus Grübel (born 15 October 1959) is a German politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBaden-Württemberg from 2002 to 2025.[1]
Grübel first became a member of the Bundestag in the2002 German federal election in electoral districtEsslingen.[2]
From 2002 until 2013, Grübel served on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In addition to his work in parliament, he chaired an independent inquiry into allegations of child abuse involving theRoman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart from 2011 until 2014.[3][4]
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition ofChancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and theSPD following the2013 federal elections, Grübel was part of theCDU/CSU delegation in the working group on families, women and equality, led byAnnette Widmann-Mauz andManuela Schwesig.
From 2013 until 2018, Grübel served as Parliamentary State Secretary at theFederal Ministry of Defence under the leadership of ministerUrsula von der Leyen.
From 2018 to 2021, Grübel was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention.[5] From2021 elections, he served on the Defence Committee. He was also a member of the German delegation to theFranco-German Parliamentary Assembly from 2019 to 2025.
In addition to his parliamentary mandate, Grübel served as Commissioner for Global Freedom of Religion at theFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in thegovernment ofChancellorAngela Merkel from 2018 to 2021.[6]
In September 2023, Grübel announced that he would not stand in the2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[7][8]
In June 2017, Grübel voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[9]
Ahead of the2021 national elections, Grübel endorsedMarkus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeedChancellorAngela Merkel.[10]
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