Summary
Alois Georg Josef Rainer (born 7 January 1965) is a German butcher and politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013.
Alois Rainer | |
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 Alois Rainer in 2013 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 January 1965 Straubing, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | CSU |
Political career edit
Born in Straubing, Rainer first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[1] In parliament, he served on the Budget Committee and the Audit Committee from 2013 to 2019; in this capacity, he was his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. From 2019 to 2021 he was a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure, where he is his parliamentary group’s spokesperson.[2]
Since the 2021 elections, Rainer has been serving as chair of the Finance Committee.[3]
Personal life edit
Rainer is the younger brother of fellow politician Gerda Hasselfeldt.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Alois Rainer". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Neuaufstellung der Union: Spahn ist jetzt Stellvertreter des Fraktionsvorsitzenden Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 13 December 2021.
- ^ Robert Roßmann (August 20, 2013), Eine Familie in der Politik: Die Hasselfeldts Süddeutsche Zeitung.
External links edit
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)