Christian Dürr
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Christian Dürr (born 18 April 1977) is a German politician who has been the Leader of the Free Democratic Party since May 2025, having previously led the parliamentary group of the party in the Bundestag from 2021 to 2025,[1] in whom he served as a member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2025.
Early life and education
[edit]Dürr was born in Delmenhorst. He graduated in economics from Leibniz University Hannover, with a thesis on emissions trading.
Political career
[edit]Career in state politics
[edit]Dürr was first elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in the 2003 state elections.[2] He was his parliamentary group's spokesperson on environmental policy (2003–2009) and media policy (2013–2017). Between 2009 and 2017, he served as chairman of the parliamentary group; in this role, he succeeded Jörg Bode.
Member of the German Parliament, 2017–2025
[edit]Dürr first became a member of the German Bundestag in the 2017 elections, representing the Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land district. Within his parliamentary group, he chaired the Bundestag group of FDP parliamentarians from Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. He also served as one of six deputy chairpersons of the FDP parliamentary group under the leadership of its chairman Christian Lindner, where he oversaw the group's activities on finance and budget policy.[3]
Ahead of the 2021 elections, Dürr was elected to lead the FDP's campaign in Lower Saxony.[4]
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Dürr led his party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and the national budget; his co-chairs from the other parties were Doris Ahnen and Lisa Paus.[5]
In December 2021, Dürr was elected leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag, succeeding Christian Lindner. In 2023, he was re-elected by 93 percent of his parliamentary group's members.[6]
Other activities
[edit]Government agencies
[edit]- Institute for Federal Real Estate (BImA), Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)
Corporate boards
[edit]- Universum AG, Member of the Supervisory Board
Non-profits
[edit]- Bundesverband der Unternehmervereinigungen (BUV), Member of the Advisory Board[7]
- SV Werder Bremen, Member
Political positions
[edit]In January 2022, Dürr told business magazine Wirtschaftswoche that Germany needs to attract 400,000 foreign workers a year.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Constanze von Bullion, Henrike Roßbach and Mike Szymanski (7 December 2021), Berliner Personalien: Neue Gesichter, unerwartete Namen Süddeutsche Zeitung.
- ^ "… FDP-Fraktionschef Christian Dürr über Elternwille, Steuerausfälle..." Nordwest-Zeitung. 19 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ^ FDP komplettiert Fraktionsspitze Handelsblatt, 20 October 2017.
- ^ Stefan Idel (29 June 2021), Landesliste für Bundestagswahl: Niedersachsen-FDP setzt auf Christian Dürr Nordwest-Zeitung.
- ^ Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (22 October 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau.
- ^ Henrike Roßbach (20 September 2023), FDP: Frank Schäffler macht die Wahl zum Fraktionsvorstand spannend Süddeutsche Zeitung.
- ^ Advisory Board Bundesverband der Unternehmervereinigungen (BUV).
- ^ "Germany wants to attract 400,000 skilled foreign workers". EuroWeekly. 21 January 2022.
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