Johannes Steiniger

Johannes Steiniger (born 18 June 1987) is a German teacher and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2013.

Johannes Steiniger
Johannes Steiniger in 2019
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987
Bad Dürkheim, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Alma materUniversity of Mannheim

Political career

Steiniger first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[1] He is a member of the Finance Committee and the Sports Committee.[2][3] On the Finance Committee, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on climate protection.

Other activities

Political positions

In June 2017, Steiniger voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[4]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election, Steiniger publicly endorsed in 2020 Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party’s chair.[5]

References
  1. "Johannes Steiniger". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. "German Bundestag - Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. "German Bundestag - Sports". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  4. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  5. Andreas Schröder (February 26 2020), Zwei für Merz, einer für Laschet: Wen Pfälzer CDU-Abgeordnete unterstützen wollen Die Rheinpfalz.
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