Johannes Steiniger

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Johannes Steiniger
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Johannes Steiniger in 2019
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 36)
Bad Dürkheim, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political party CDU
Alma mater University of Mannheim

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.

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Political career

Beginnings

Steiniger joined the CDU in 2003. From 2010 until 2018, he served as chairman of the Young Union (JU) in Rhineland-Palatinate. [1]

Member of the German Parliament, 2013–present

Steiniger first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Neustadt – Speyer district. [2] He is a member of the Finance Committee and the Sports Committee. [3] [4] On the Finance Committee, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on climate protection. From 2020 until 2021, he was also involved in the parliamentary inquiry into the Wirecard scandal. [5]

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. [6]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election, Steiniger publicly endorsed in 2020 Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair. [7] For the 2021 national elections, he later endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel. [8]

Controversy

In 2014, Steiniger led efforts to remove fellow politician Sven Heibel from the board of the JU in Rhineland-Palatinate after Heibel causing national outrage by calling for the partial reintroduction of criminal liability for homosexuality. [9] [10]

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References

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  10. Nach homophoben Äußerungen: CDU-Politiker Heibel verliert Amt Frankfurter Rundschau , 2 March 2021.