Karin Maag

Karin Maag (born 13 June 1962) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2009.

Karin Maag
Karin Maag in 2013
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born (1962-06-13) 13 June 1962
Stuttgart, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen

Early career

From 2004 until 2007, Maag served as chief of staff to Wolfgang Schuster in his role as Lord Mayor of Stuttgart. She later headed the administration of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg from 2007 until 2009.

Political career

Maag first became a member of the Bundestag after the 2009 German federal election.[1] She is a member of the Health Committee.[2] Since 2018, she has been serving as her parliamentary group's spokeswoman on health policy.

In addition to her committee assignments, Maag is part of the German-Egyptian Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-Indian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Maag was part of the working group on health policy, led by Hermann Gröhe, Georg Nüßlein and Malu Dreyer.

Other activities

Corporate boards
  • Barmenia, Member of the Advisory Board

Non-profit organizations

Political positions

In June 2017, Maag voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[3]

References
  1. "Karin Maag". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. "German Bundestag - Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.


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