Florian Hahn

Florian Hahn (born 14 March 1974) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2009.

Florian Hahn
Florian Hahn in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2009
Preceded byGeorg Fahrenschon
Personal details
Born (1974-03-14) 14 March 1974
München, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCSU
Alma materDanube University Krems

Early career

From 2006 until 2009, Hahn worked on public relations at defence company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) in Munich.

Political career

Hahn joined the Young Union (JU) in 1989.

Hahn first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election.[1] He is a member of the Committee on European Union Affairs and the Defence Committee.[2][3]

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats (SPD) following the 2013 federal elections, Rachel Hahn part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on education and research policy, led by Johanna Wanka and Doris Ahnen. In similar negotiations following the 2017 federal elections, he was part of the working group on European affairs, led by Peter Altmaier, Alexander Dobrindt and Achim Post. He has since been the CDU/CSU's parliamentary group's spokesperson on European affairs.

Since 2019, Hahn has been serving as Deputy Secretary General of the CSU, under the leadership of chairman Markus Söder.

Other activities

Corporate boards
  • IABG, Member of the Supervisory Board (2010-2017)
  • Quantum-Systems, Member of the Advisory Board (-2017)

Non-profit organizations

Political positions

In June 2017, Hahn voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[6]

In a joint letter initiated by Norbert Röttgen and Anthony Gonzalez ahead of the 47th G7 summit in 2021, Hahn joined some 70 legislators from Europe, the US and Japan in calling upon their leaders to take a tough stance on China and to "avoid becoming dependent" on the country for technology including artificial intelligence and 5G.[7]

References
  1. "Florian Hahn". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. "German Bundestag - Committee on European Union Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. "German Bundestag - Defence". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. Advisory Board, Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS).
  5. Board of Trustees Institute for European Politics (IEP).
  6. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  7. Stuart Lau (January 25, 2021), G7 lawmakers tell leaders to ‘stand up’ to China Politico Europe.


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