Michael Donth

Michael Donth (born 8 June 1967) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, since 2013.[1]

Michael Donth
Donth in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byErnst-Reinhard Beck
Personal details
Born (1967-06-08) 8 June 1967
Metzingen, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyCDU
Children3

Political career

Donth became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Reutlingen district.[2] He is a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Committee on Tourism.[3][4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Donth is part of the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group; the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America; and the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South Asia. Since 2022, he has been chairing a cross-party group in support of UNESCO-recognized nature reserves.[5]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann following the 2021 state elections, Donth was a member of the working group on mobility, co-chaired by Winfried Hermann and Thomas Dörflinger.[6][7]

Other activities

Political positions

In June 2017, Donth voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[8]

Ahead of the 2021 national elections, Donth endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[9]

References
  1. "Michael Donth | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. "Michael Donth". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. "German Bundestag - Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. "German Bundestag - Tourism". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5.  National Commission for UNESCO in Germany, press release of 25 January 2022.
  6. Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
  7. Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen CDU Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
  8. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  9. Norbert Wallet (April 6, 2021), Kanzlerkandidatur der Union: Rückenwind aus Baden-Württemberg für Markus Söder Stuttgarter Zeitung.
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