Martin Zeil (born 28 April 1956) is a German lawyer and politician of theFree Democratic Party (FDP).
Zeil studied law atLudwig Maximilian University of Munich. From 1984 until 2008, he worked as lawyer withprivate bankHauck & Aufhäuser.
From 2005 to 2008, Zeil was member of GermanBundestag, where he served on the Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology. He was his parliamentary group's spokesperson for antitrust law.
From 2008 to 2013 Zeil was member ofLandtag of Bavaria. In the negotiations to form acoalition government underChancellorAngela Merkel following the2009 federal elections on the national level, he was a member of the committee on economic affairs and energy, led byKarl-Theodor zu Guttenberg andRainer Brüderle.[1]
Zeil was a FDP delegate to theFederal Convention for the purpose of electing thePresident of Germany 2009, 2010 and 2012.
InCabinet Seehofer I, Zeil served as Deputy Minister-President and State Minister for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology.[2]
Since leaving active politics, Zeil has been working with Munich-based law firm SLB Kloepper Rechtsanwälte.[3] Ahead of the2023 state elections, he sought his party’s nomination for the Munich South district but ultimately lost against Marco Deutsch in an internal vote.[4]
Zeil is married to Barbara Daumiller-Zeil and has three children.
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