Matthias Hauer
Hauer in 2017
Bundestag MP
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byPetra Hinz, SPD
Constituencydistrict 120 / Essen III[1]
City Council member
In office
2004–2013
ConstituencyEssen[2]
Personal details
Born (1977-12-18) 18 December 1977
Hattingen
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Alma materRuhr University Bochum
Occupationpolitician, lawyer (for banking and investments)[2]
Websitematthias-hauer.de

Matthias Hauer (born 18 December 1977) 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 North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.[3]

Political career

Hauer first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[4] He is a member of the Committee on the Digital Agenda (since 2018) and the Finances Committee (since 2013).[5][6]

In addition to his committee assignments, Hauer is part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America.

Other activities

Political positions

In June 2017, Hauer voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[9]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2021, Hauer publicly endorsed Armin Laschet to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party’s chair.[10] For the 2021 national elections, he later supported Laschet as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Bundestagswahlen". essen.de. Wahlamt Essen. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 Hauer, Matthias. "Biografie". matthias-hauer.de. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Matthias Hauer | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Matthias Hauer". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "German Bundestag – Digital Agenda". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "German Bundestag – Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Administrative Council Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
  8. ↑ Board of Trustees Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld.
  9. ↑ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, 30 June 2017.
  10. ↑ Wolfgang Kintscher (7 January 2020), Vier von fünf Essener Delegierten für Laschet als CDU-Chef Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  11. ↑ CDU-Mitglieder in Essen haben in der K-Frage einen klaren Favoriten Radio Essen, 12 April 2021.
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