Tino Sorge

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Tino Sorge
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Tino Sorge in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
for Magdeburg
Assumed office
22 October 2013

Tino Sorge (born 4 March 1975) 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 Saxony-Anhalt since 2013.

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In addition to his work in parliament, Sorge has been serving as a Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Ministry of Health in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025. [1]

Political career

Sorge first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Magdeburg district. [2] From 2013 to 2025, he was a member of the Health Committee. [3] Following the 2021 elections, Sorge became his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for health policy. [4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Sorge is part of the der German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group, and the German-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Political positions

In June 2017, Sorge voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage. [5]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election, Sorge publicly endorsed in 2020 Jens Spahn to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair. [6]

Controversy

In 2022, German tabloid Bild reported Sorge was absent from parliament on several session days in September 2020 and attended an intensive course at a hunting school during this time. [7]

References

  1. CDU präsentiert Kabinettsmitglieder: Wadephul wird Außenminister - Wirtschaftsressort an Reiche Tagesschau .
  2. "Tino Sorge". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. "German Bundestag - Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. CDU-Sprecher Sorge im Interview: "Das war schlechter Stil von Lauterbach" n-tv , 19 December 2021.
  5. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt , June 30, 2017.
  6. Lukas Eberle, Florian Gathmann, Christoph Hickmann, Timo Lehmann, Veit Medick and Sabrina Winter (October 9, 2020), Kampf um CDU-Parteivorsitz: "Hinter Spahn können sich alle versammeln" Der Spiegel .
  7. Inga Frenser (20 January 2022), CDU-Gesundheitsexperte fehlte im Bundestag: Jagdkurs statt Bundestagsdebatte Bild .