Michael Boddenberg

Michael Boddenberg (born 15 July 1959[1]) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister of Finance of Hesse since 3 April 2020.

Michael Boddenberg
Michael Boddenberg in 2019
Minister of Finance in Hesse
Assumed office
31 March 2020
Preceded byThomas Schäfer
Personal details
Born (1959-07-15) 15 July 1959
Troisdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Websitewww.michael-boddenberg.de

Career

Born in Troisdorf, Boddenberg completed school in 1978. He took the Meisterprüfung (Master exam) as a butcher in 1983.

Boddenberg was a member of the management of Mainfrost from 1984 to 1989. He was managing director of Fleischfeinkost Schäfer from 1995 to 2002. Simultaneously, he directed the private school for butchers and bakers J. A. Heyne in Frankfurt[2] from 1989 to 2009.[1] He was managing director of the Boddenberg, Heyne & Partner GmbH from 1993 to 2009.[1][3]

Political career

Boddenberg joined the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in 1985.[1] He was a member of the Frankfurt am Main city council from 1993 to 1999.[4] In 1999, he was elected to the Landtag, the parliament of Hesse.[4] In 2001, he became Secretary General and managing director of the CDU in Hesse in 2001, serving until 2009. He served as speaker of economic politics for the CDU parliamentary group from 2004 to 2009.[1][4]

Boddenberg was the Hessian State Minister for Federal Affairs and representative of Hesse to the federal government from 5 February 2009 to 18 January 2014, responsible for the relationship of state and national government. He then became the head of the CDU parliamentary group in the Landtag.[4]

On 31 March 2020, Boddenberg was designated as Minister of Finance in Hesse, succeeding Thomas Schäfer.[5][6] He was sworn in on 3 April 2020.[7] His successor as head of the CDU parliamentary group is Ines Claus.[7] As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, he serves on the Finance Committee.

Other activities

Corporate boards
  • Fraport, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020)[8]
  • Central Cooperative of the European Meat Trade (ZENTRAG), Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Non-profit organizations

References
  1. "Michael Boddenberg". Hessischer Landtag (in German). 31 March 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. Leimhos, Volker (2004). ""Bismarck hatte keine Ahnung von der Wurstherstellung" / Interview mit CDU-Generalsekretär und Geschäftsführer Michael Boddenberg". LAKS (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. "Boddenberg übernimmt Fraktionsspitze in Wiesbaden". fleischwirtschaft.de (in German). 16 January 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. "Michael Boddenberg". CDU (in German). Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. Watschounek, Volker (31 March 2020). "Michael Boddenberg ist neuer Finanzminister". wiesbaden-lebt.de (in German). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  6. "Amtseinführung - Michael Boddenberg wird neuer Finanzminister". Hessische Staatskanzlei (in German). 31 March 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  7. "Sondersitzung im Landtag Boddenberg als Finanzminister vereidigt - Gedenken an Schäfer". Hessenschau (in German). 3 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  8. Jochen Remmert (May 26, 2020), Fraport-Aufsichtsrat: Abschied für den Ruhestifter Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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