Thomas Silberhorn | |
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| Member of theBundestag forBamberg | |
| Assumed office 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Gerhard Scheu |
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| Born | (1968-11-12)12 November 1968 (age 57) |
| Political party | CSU |
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Thomas Silberhorn (born 12 November 1968) is a German lawyer and politician of theChristian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBavaria since 2002.
Silberhorn first became a member of the Bundestag in the2002 German federal election.[1] He has served on the Committee on European Affairs (2002-2013); the Subcommittee on Foreign Trade (2005-2009); and the Committee on Legal Affairs (2009-2013). In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the German-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In the negotiations to form acoalition government of the Christian Democrats (CSU together with theCDU) and theFDP following the2009 federal elections, Silberhorn was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on foreign affairs, defense, Europe and development policy, led byFranz Josef Jung andWerner Hoyer.[2] In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition of the Christian Democrats and theSocial Democrats (SPD) following the2013 federal elections, Silberhorn was part of theCDU/CSU delegation in the working group onbank regulation and theEurozone, led byHerbert Reul andMartin Schulz.
In thethird cabinet ofChancellorAngela Merkel from 2013 to 2017, Silberhorn served as Parliamentary State Secretary at theFederal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development under ministerGerd Müller.
In the negotiations to form anothercoalition government under Merkel's leadership following the2017 federal elections, Silberhorn was part of the working group on foreign policy, led byUrsula von der Leyen, Gerd Müller andSigmar Gabriel.
From 2018 until 2021, Silberhorn served (alongsidePeter Tauber) as one of two Parliamentary State Secretaries at theFederal Ministry of Defence under successive ministers Ursula von der Leyen (2018–2019) andAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (2019–2021).
In 2019, Silberhorn co-chaired the CSU’s convention in Munich, alongsideMarkus Blume andFlorian Hahn.[3]
Since the2021 elections, Silberhorn has been serving as his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for Transatlantic relations.[4]
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition between the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) under the leadership ofFriedrich Merz and theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) following the2025 German elections, Silberhorn was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on education, research and innovation policy, led byKarin Prien,Katrin Staffler andOliver Kaczmarek.[5]
In June 2017, Silberhorn voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[8]
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