Peter Weiß
German politician
Peter Weiß
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Peter Weiß in 2020
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Member of the Bundestag | |
In office
1998 – 2021 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
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1956-03-12
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12 March 1956
(age
67)
Freiburg im Breisgau , West Germany (now Germany) |
Political party | CDU |
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Peter Weiß (born 12 March 1956) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg from 1998 until 2021.
Early career
From 1985 until 1993, Weiß worked in various capacities for the German chapter of Caritas Internationalis . From 1993 until 1998, he was the managing director of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg .
Political career
Weiß first became a member of the Bundestag in the 1998 German federal election , representing the Emmendingen – Lahr district. [1] Throughout his time in parliament, he served on the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs. [2] In addition to his committee assignments, he served as deputy chairman of the German-Brazilian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections , Weiß was part of the working group on social affairs, led by Karl-Josef Laumann , Barbara Stamm and Andrea Nahles .
In July 2020, Weiß announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term. [3]
Other activities
Political positions
In June 2017, Weiß voted against Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage . [6]
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Weiß publicly endorsed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Angela Merkel as the party’s chair. [7]
References
- ↑ "Peter Weiß" . CDU/CSU-Fraktion . Retrieved 2020-03-23 .
- ↑ "German Bundestag - Labour and Social Affairs" . German Bundestag . Retrieved 2020-03-23 .
- ↑ Mark Alexander (July 17, 2020), Wahlkreis Emmendingen-Lahr: Der CDU-Abgeordnete Peter Weiß kandidiert bei der Bundestagswahl 2021 nicht mehr Badische Zeitung .
- ↑ Advisory Boards Pax-Bank .
- ↑ Peter Weiß Xertifix
- ↑ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt , June 30, 2017.
- ↑ Christian Rothenberg (December 5, 2018), Kampf um den CDU-Vorsitz: So groß sind die Lager der Unterstützer für Merz, Spahn und Kramp-Karrenbauer Handelsblatt .
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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