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Georg Nüßlein | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Nüßlein in 2020 | |
| Member of theBundestag forNeu-Ulm | |
| In office 17 October 2002 – 8 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Theodor Waigel |
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| Born | (1969-04-10)10 April 1969 (age 56) |
| Political party | Independent (since 2021) |
| Other political affiliations | Christian Social Union (CSU) (1987–2021) |
| Alma mater | University of Augsburg |
Georg Nüßlein (born 10 April 1969) is a German politician who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBavaria from 2002 until 2021. From 1987 until 2021, he was a member of theChristian Social Union (CSU). He left the party in the wake of his loss of immunity and allegations of corruption related to the procurement ofFFP2 masks ("Maskenaffäre").
Nüßlein was born 10 April 1969 inKrumbach,Bavaria. He went to theUniversity of Augsburg
From 1993 until 2002, Nüßlein worked in the banking sector, including withBankhaus Reuschel & Co. inMunich.Nüßlein first became a member of the Bundestag after the2002 German federal election inNeu-Ulm (electoral district).[1] From 2005 until 2013, he served on the Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition ofChancellorAngela Merkel's Christian Democrats and theSocial Democrats (SPD) following the2013 federal elections, Nüßlein was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on energy policy, led byPeter Altmaier andHannelore Kraft.
From 2014, Nüßlein served as deputy chairman of theCDU/CSU parliamentary group, under the leadership of successive chairmenVolker Kauder (2014-2018) andRalph Brinkhaus (since 2018). In this capacity, he is the group's main spokesman for environmental and health policy. From 2015 until 2016, he was part of a government-appointed commission tasked with recommending how to safeguard the funding of fulfilling Germany'sexit from nuclear energy, under the leadership of co-chairsOle von Beust,Matthias Platzeck andJürgen Trittin.[2][3]
In the negotiations to form afourthcoalition government under Merkel's leadership following the2017 federal elections, Nüßlein led the working group on health policy, alongsideHermann Gröhe andMalu Dreyer.
In February 2021, Nüßlein's parliamentary offices were among 13 properties raided in Germany and Liechtenstein as part of a probe into suspected corruption and bribery of elected officials related to the procurement of FFP-2 masks amid theCOVID-19 pandemic. He was suspected of having received a €650,000 commission for acting as a broker between a face mask manufacturer and the federal and Bavarian governments. He called the allegations baseless.[4][5]His parliamentary immunity was revoked.[6] On March 07, 2021 Nüßlein announced that he would not stand in the2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term. On March 08, 2021 he announced that he had left the CSU after party leadership had requested he resign from Parliament immediately.[7][8]
In June 2017, Nüßlein voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[9]
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