Florian Hahn

Florian Hahn (born 14 March 1974) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2009.

Florian Hahn
Florian Hahn in 2014
Deputy General Secretary of the Christian Social Union
In office
January 2019 – February 2022
LeaderMarkus Söder
Preceded byDaniela Ludwig
Succeeded byTanja Schorer-Dremel
Member of the Bundestag
for Bavaria
Assumed office
27 October 2009
Preceded byGeorg Fahrenschon
ConstituencyMunich Land
Personal details
Born (1974-03-14) 14 March 1974
Munich, West Germany
(now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
Political partyCSU

Early career

From 2006 until 2009, Hahn worked on public relations at defence company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) in Munich.

Political career

Hahn joined the Young Union (JU) in 1989.

Hahn first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election.[1] He is a member of the Committee on European Union Affairs and the Defence Committee.[2][3]

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats (SPD) following the 2013 federal elections, Rachel Hahn part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on education and research policy, led by Johanna Wanka and Doris Ahnen. In similar negotiations following the 2017 federal elections, he was part of the working group on European affairs, led by Peter Altmaier, Alexander Dobrindt and Achim Post. He has been the CDU/CSU's parliamentary group's spokesperson on European affairs (2018-2021) and defense (since 2021).[4]

Since 2019, Hahn has been serving as Deputy Secretary General of the CSU, under the leadership of chairman Markus Söder. That year, he co-chaired the CSU’s convention in Munich, alongside Markus Blume and Thomas Silberhorn.[5]

Other activities

Corporate boards
  • IABG, Member of the Supervisory Board (2010–2017)
  • Quantum-Systems, Member of the Advisory Board (–2017)

Non-profit organizations

Political positions

In June 2017, Hahn voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[11]

In a joint letter initiated by Norbert Röttgen and Anthony Gonzalez ahead of the 47th G7 summit in 2021, Hahn joined some 70 legislators from Europe, the US and Japan in calling upon their leaders to take a tough stance on China and to "avoid becoming dependent" on the country for technology including artificial intelligence and 5G.[12]

References
  1. "Florian Hahn". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. "German Bundestag - Committee on European Union Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. "German Bundestag - Defence". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. Stefan Galler (14 December 2021), Hahn ist neuer verteidigungspolitischer Sprecher der Union Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  5. Wolfgang Wittl (30 October 2019), CSU: Ein missratener Parteitag Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  6. Board of Trustees European Academy of Bavaria.
  7. Advisory Board, Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS).
  8. Board of Trustees Institute for European Politics (IEP).
  9. Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.
  10. Board of Trustees Munich Aerospace.
  11. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  12. Stuart Lau (January 25, 2021), G7 lawmakers tell leaders to ‘stand up’ to China Politico Europe.
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