Christian Dürr

Christian Dürr (born 18 April 1977 in Delmenhorst) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party.

Christian Dürr
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1977-04-18) 18 April 1977
Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, West Germany
(now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
NationalityGermany
Political party German:
Free Democratic Party
 EU:
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Children2
Alma materLeibniz University Hannover
OccupationPolitician
Websitehttp://christian-duerr.de/

Early life and education

Dürr graduated in economics from Leibniz University Hannover, with a thesis on emissions trading.

Political career

Dürr was first elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in the 2003 state elections.[1] He was his parliamentary group's spokesperson on environmental policy from 2003 until 2009. Between 2009 and 2017, he served as chairman of the parliamentary group; in this role, he succeeded Jörg Bode.

Dürr has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2017 elections. Within his parliamentary group, he chairs the Bundestag group of FDP parliamentarians from Lower Saxony. He also serves as one of six deputy chairpersons of the FDP parliamentary group under the leadership of its chairman Christian Lindner, where he oversees the group's activities on finance and budget policy.[2] Dürr also heads the parliamentary group's Northern Caucus, consisting of all MdBs from Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein,


Other activities

Government agencies

Corporate boards
  • Universum AG, Member of the Supervisory Board

Non-profits
  • Bundesverband der Unternehmervereinigungen (BUV), Member of the Advisory Board[3]
  • SV Werder Bremen, Member

Personal life

Dürr is married and has two children. The family lives in Ganderkesee.

References
  1. "… FDP-Fraktionschef Christian Dürr über Elternwille, Steuerausfälle..." Nordwest-Zeitung. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  2. FDP komplettiert Fraktionsspitze Handelsblatt, 20 October 2017.
  3. Advisory Board Bundesverband der Unternehmervereinigungen (BUV).
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