Patrick Schnieder

Patrick Schnieder (born 1 May 1968) is a German lawyer 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 2009.

Patrick Schnieder
Patrick Schnieder in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born (1968-05-01) 1 May 1968
Kyllburg, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Alma materUniversity of Bonn

Political career

Career in state politics

From 2011 until 2018, Schnieder served as Secretary General of the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate, under the leadership of chairwoman Julia Klöckner. During his time in office, he managed the party's campaign for the 2016 state elections.

Member of the German Parliament, 2009–present

Schnieder first became a member of the Bundestag after the 2009 German federal election.[1] He is a member of the Committee on Verification of Credentials and Immunities and the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure.[2][3]

In addition to his committee assignments, Schnieder has been chairing the German Parliamentary Friendship Group with Belgium and Luxembourg since 2014. He is also part of the German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since 2019, he has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.

Following the 2017 elections, Schnieder was elected chairman of the Bundestag group of CDU parliamentarians from Rhineland-Palatinate. In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the elections, he was part of the working group on transport and infrastructure, led by Michael Kretschmer, Alexander Dobrindt and Sören Bartol.

Other activities

Political positions

In June 2017, Schnieder voted against Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[4]

In 2019, Schnieder joined 14 members of his parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Angela Merkel and party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservatives Friedrich Merz and Roland Koch.[5]

References
  1. "Patrick Schnieder". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. "German Bundestag - Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. "German Bundestag - Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  4. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  5. Jens Schneider (October 30, 2019), Machtkampf in der CDU: Abgeordnete nennen parteiinterne Kritik "extrem schädlich" Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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