Norbert Barthle | |
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 Barthle in 2014 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 1998–2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1953-02-01)1 February 1953 (age 72) |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Political party | CDU |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
Norbert Barthle (born 1 February 1952) is a Germanpolitician of theChristian Democratic (CDU)[1] who served as a member of theBundestag from 1998 until 2021, representingBacknang – Schwäbisch Gmünd.
Between 1992 and 1998, Barthle worked as press spokesperson at the State Ministry for Education, Youth and Sports ofBaden-Württemberg, under the leadership of successive ministers Marianne Schultz-Hector andAnnette Schavan.
Barthle first became a member of the GermanBundestag in the1998 national elections. He served on the Budget Committee and its Sub-Committee on the European Union from 2002 until 2015. In addition, he was a member of the Audit Committee from 2002 until 2005. Between 2013 and 2015, he was a member of the so-calledConfidential Committee (Vertrauensgremium) of the Budget Committee, which provides budgetary supervision for Germany's three intelligence services,BND,BfV andMAD.
Within hisCDU/CSU parliamentary group, Barthle served as spokesperson on budgetary affairs between 2009 and 2015. He is also the deputy chairman of the Bundestag group of CDU parliamentarians fromBaden-Württemberg, one of the largest delegations within the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition of the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and theSocial Democrats (SPD) following the2013 federal elections, Barthle was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on financial policies and the national budget, led byWolfgang Schäuble andOlaf Scholz.
In July 2014, Barthle was part ofChancellorAngela Merkel’s delegation on a state visit toChina.[2]
From late 2015 until 2018, Barthle served as Parliamentary State Secretary at theFederal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) under ministerAlexander Dobrindt, in thethird cabinet of ChancellorAngela Merkel. He succeededKatherina Reiche. As Parliamentary Secretary, he oversaw the ministry's budget and its activities on aviation policy.[3]
With the formation of thefourthGrand Coalition under Merkel in 2018, it was announced that Barthle would move to the position of Parliamentary State Secretary at theFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development under MinisterGerd Müller.[4][5] In this capacity, he also serves as Chancellor Angela Merkel's Personal Envoy to the German-Greek Assembly (DGV).
In June 2020, Barthle announced that he would not stand in the2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[6]
During his time on the Budget Committee, Barthle was a proponent of theMerkel government’s policy to refrain from any net new borrowing and instead focus all efforts on achieving a structurally balancednational budget.[15][16]
Ahead of the2021 national elections, Barthle endorsedMarkus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeedChancellorAngela Merkel.[17]
Barthle is married and has two sons. The family lives inSchwäbisch Gmünd’s Lindach district.[18]
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