Fritz Güntzler
Fritz Güntzler | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Hartwig Fischer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 May 1966 |
| Party | CDU |
| Education | |
Fritz Güntzler (born 6 May 1966) is a German auditor and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.[1]
Political career
[edit]Güntzler served as a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony from 2005 until 2008 and from 2010 until 2013.
Güntzler first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing Göttingen.[2] In parliament, he is a member of the Finance Committee and the Sports Committee.[3][4] He serves as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on the property tax.
In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition under the leadership of Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD following the 2025 German elections, Güntzler was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on public finances, led by Mathias Middelberg, Florian Oßner and Dennis Rohde.[5]
As part of a cabinet reshuffle in 2026, Chancellor Merz asked Güntzler to succeed Patrick Schnieder as Minister for Transport; however, Güntzler ultimately withdrew from consideration.[6]
Other activities
[edit]Corporate boards
[edit]- DATEV, Member of the Advisory Board
- Moore Global Germany, Member of the Supervisory Board
Non-profit organizations
[edit]- Göttingen International Handel Festival, Member of the Supervisory Board
- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Member of the Board of Trustees[7]
- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Member of the Board of Trustees[8]
- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Member of the Board of Trustees[9]
Political positions
[edit]In June 2017, Güntzler voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Fritz Güntzler | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ↑ "Fritz Güntzler". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ↑ "German Bundestag - Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ↑ "German Bundestag - Sports". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ↑ Katharina Seiler (13 March 2025), Koalitionsverhandlungen zwischen Union und SPD gestartet Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
- ↑ Reinhard Bingener and Matthias Wyssuwa (24 July 2026), Merz fehlt ein Minister: Eine Absage durchkreuzt den Plan von Merz Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ↑ Board of Trustees Archived 14 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.
- ↑ Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization.
- ↑ Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research.
- ↑ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, 30 June 2017.
External links
[edit]
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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