Christian Dürr

Christian Dürr (born 18 April 1977) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017. Since December 2021 he has been leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag.[1]

Christian Dürr
MdB
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Bundestag
Assumed office
7 December 2021
DeputyGyde Jensen
Lukas Köhler
Carina Konrad
Konstantin Kuhle
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff
Christoph Meyer
Chief WhipJohannes Vogel
Preceded byChristian Lindner
Member of the Bundestag
for Lower Saxony
Assumed office
24 October 2017
ConstituencyFDP List
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Landtag of Lower Saxony
In office
17 February 2009 – 26 September 2017
Preceded byJörg Bode
Succeeded byStefan Birkner
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony
In office
4 March 2003 – 14 November 2017
ConstituencyFDP List
Personal details
Born (1977-04-18) 18 April 1977
Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyGermany
Free Democratic Party
EU
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Children2
Alma materLeibniz University Hannover
OccupationPolitician
Websitehttp://christian-duerr.de/

Early life and education

Dürr was born in Delmenhorst. He graduated in economics from Leibniz University Hannover, with a thesis on emissions trading.

Political career

Career in state politics

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–present

Dürr has been a member of the German Bundestag since 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 are Doris Ahnen and Lisa Paus.[5]

In December 2021, he was elected leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag, succeeding Christian Lindner.

In January 2022, he told business magazine Wirtschaftswoche that Germany needs to attract 400,000 foreign workers a year.[6]

Other activities

Government agencies

Corporate boards
  • Universum AG, Member of the Supervisory Board

Non-profits
  • Bundesverband der Unternehmervereinigungen (BUV), Member of the Advisory Board[7]
  • SV Werder Bremen, Member

Personal life

Dürr is married and has two children. The family lives in Ganderkesee.

References
  1. Constanze von Bullion, Henrike Roßbach and Mike Szymanski (7 December 2021), Berliner Personalien: Neue Gesichter, unerwartete Namen Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  2. "… FDP-Fraktionschef Christian Dürr über Elternwille, Steuerausfälle..." Nordwest-Zeitung. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  3. FDP komplettiert Fraktionsspitze Handelsblatt, 20 October 2017.
  4. Stefan Idel (29 June 2021), Landesliste für Bundestagswahl: Niedersachsen-FDP setzt auf Christian Dürr Nordwest-Zeitung.
  5. Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (22 October 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau.
  6. "Germany wants to attract 400,000 skilled foreign workers". EuroWeekly. 21 January 2022.
  7. Advisory Board Bundesverband der Unternehmervereinigungen (BUV).
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