Thorsten Frei

Summary

Thorsten Frei (born 8 August 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2013.[1]

Thorsten Frei
Thorsten Frei in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1973-08-08) 8 August 1973 (age 50)
Säckingen, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyCDU
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg

Political career edit

Frei first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[2] From 2013 until 2017, he was a member of the Committee on European Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention.

Since 2018, Frei has been serving as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, under the leadership of successive chairs Ralph Brinkhaus (2021–2022) and Friedrich Merz (2022–present). In this capacity, he coordinates the group's legislative activities on consumer protection, domestic affairs, sports, and minorities. He has also been serving on the Committee on the Election of Judges (Wahlausschuss), which is in charge of appointing judges to the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

In addition to his committee assignments, Frei chairs the German-Swiss Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Other activities edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Thorsten Frei | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  2. ^ "Thorsten Frei". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-21.

External links edit

  • Official website (in German)
  • Bundestag biography (in English)