Michael Donth
Michael Donth | |
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_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%931.jpg) Donth in 2020 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Ernst-Reinhard Beck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 June 1967 Metzingen, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | CDU |
| Children | 3 |
Michael Donth (born 8 June 1967) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, since 2013.[1]
Political career
[edit]Donth became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Reutlingen district.[2] He is a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Committee on Tourism.[3][4]
In addition to his committee assignments, Donth is part of the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group; the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America; and the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South Asia. Since 2022, he has been chairing a cross-party group in support of UNESCO-recognized nature reserves.[5]
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann following the 2021 state elections, Donth was a member of the working group on mobility, co-chaired by Winfried Hermann and Thomas Dörflinger.[6][7]
Other activities
[edit]- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council
Political positions
[edit]In June 2017, Donth voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[8]
Ahead of the 2021 national elections, Donth endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Michael Donth | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Michael Donth". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Tourism". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ [1] National Commission for UNESCO in Germany, press release of 25 January 2022.
- ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
- ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen CDU Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
- ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
- ^ Norbert Wallet (April 6, 2021), Kanzlerkandidatur der Union: Rückenwind aus Baden-Württemberg für Markus Söder Stuttgarter Zeitung.
External links
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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