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German politician For the art historian, archaeologist and architectural historian, see Michael W. Meister.
Michael Meister
Meister in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 October 1994
Personal details
Born (1961-06-09) 9 June 1961 (age 63)
Lorsch, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyCDU
Alma materTechnical University of Darmstadt

Michael Meister (born 9 June 1961) is a German mathematician and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state Hesse since 1994. From 2018 until 2021 he also served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Political career

Meister first became a member of the Bundestag in the 1994 German federal election. From 1994 until 1998, he was a member of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Regional Planning. From 2004 until 2013, he served as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group under the leadership of successive chairpersons Angela Merkel (2004-2005) and Volker Kauder (2005-2013). In this capacity, he oversaw the group's initiatives on economic policy.

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) following the 2013 federal elections, Meister was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on financial policies and the national budget, led by Wolfgang Schäuble and Olaf Scholz. In the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel, he served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance under minister Wolfgang Schäuble from 2013 until 2018.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under Merkel's leadership following the 2017 federal elections, Meister was part of the working group on urban development, led by Bernd Althusmann, Kurt Gribl and Natascha Kohnen.

In early 2023, German news media reported that Meister was the CDU's preferred candidate to succeed Johannes Beermann as member of the board of Deutsche Bundesbank.

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

  • Senckenberg Nature Research Society, Member of the Board of Trustees
  • German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Member of the Board of Trustees (2019–2021)
  • German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF), Member of the Board (2018–2022)
  • Jewish Museum Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees (2014-2018)

Political positions

In June 2017, Meister voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2022, Meister publicly endorsed Helge Braun to succeed Armin Laschet as the party’s chair.

References

  1. "Dr. Michael Meister". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. Andreas Kröner and Jan Mallien (2 January 2023), Bundesbank: Joachim Nagel übernimmt Verantwortung für umstrittenes Bauprojekt Handelsblatt.
  3. 2006 Annual Report KfW.
  4. 2013 Annual Report KfW.
  5. Board of Trustees Senckenberg Nature Research Society.
  6. Board of Trustees German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU).
  7. Drucksache 19/1845: Wahl der Mitglieder des Stiftungsrates der „Deutschen Stiftung Friedensforschung (DSF)“ Bundestag.
  8. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  9. Suche nach neuem CDU-Chef: Kanzleramtschef Helge Braun bekommt Unterstützung RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland, November 10, 2021.

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