Carsten Linnemann | |
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 Linnemann in 2025 | |
| General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union | |
| Assumed office 12 July 2023 Acting: 12 July 2023 – 6 May 2024 | |
| Deputy | Christina Stumpp |
| Leader | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Mario Czaja |
| Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union | |
| In office 20 January 2022 –6 May 2024 | |
| Leader | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Jens Spahn |
| Succeeded by | Karl-Josef Laumann |
| Member of the Bundestag for Paderborn | |
| Assumed office 27 October 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Gerhard Wächter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carsten Christoffer Linnemann 10 August 1977 Paderborn,North Rhine-Westphalia,West Germany (current-day Germany) |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
Carsten Christoffer Linnemann (born 10 August 1977) is a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2009 election, [1] representing the constituency of Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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From 2022,Linnemann was one of five deputy chairs of the CDU,under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz. [2] In 2024 he became CDU general secretary after having assumed the position in an acting capacity the year prior;in 2025 he held on to the secretariat rather than becoming a member of the new goverrnment. [3] From 2013 until 2021,Linnemann had been the chairman of the Mittelstands- und Wirtschaftsunion (MIT),the pro-business wing in the CDU/CSU. [4] [5]
