Ingo Wellenreuther

Ingo Wellenreuther (born 16 December 1959) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2002. He is also the current chairman of Karlsruher SC.

Ingo Wellenreuther
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2002
Personal details
Born (1959-12-16) 16 December 1959
Karlsruhe,
West Germany
Political partyCDU
Spouse(s)Anke
Children2
Alma materHeidelberg University
University of Giessen
ProfessionLawyer
Websiteingo-wellenreuther.de

Early career

From 1991 until 2000, Wellenreuther was a judge at the Karlsruhe Regional Court. He later worked as advisor to the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Parliament from 2000 until 2001.

Political career

Wellenreuther has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2002 federal elections.

From 2005 until 2009, Wellenreuther served on the Committee on Internal Affairs. Since 2009, he has been a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection. Also since 2009, he has been serving on the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), the Federal Labour Court (BAG), and the Federal Social Court (BSG).

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2021, Wellenreuther publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party’s chair.[1]

Other activities

Personal life

Wellenreuther is married. He is the father of Willem II's goalkeeper Timon Wellenreuther.

References
  1. Wolfgang Voigt (January 12, 2021), Friedrich Merz bekommt Rückenwind aus Karlsruhe Badische Neueste Nachrichten.


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