Marco Wanderwitz

Marco Wanderwitz

Marco Wanderwitz (born 10th October 1975 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz)),[1] is a German politician (CDU). He is the speaker of cultural and media policy of the CDU/CSU parliamentary party in the German Bundestag.

Personal and professional life

After graduating from high school in 1994 Wanderwitz did his military service. In 1995 he completed studies of law at the Technical University of Dresden and afterwards in 2000 completed his studies at the University of Potsdam the first juristic state examination. After the legal clerkship in 2002 he passed the second state examination. Since May 2003 he has been a lawyer in Leipzig. Wanderwitz is married and has three children.[1]

Party

Wanderwitz joined the Junge Union in 1990 and the CDU party in 1998. He is a Chairman of the CDU district department in Zwickau and he belongs to the board of the protestant working group in Chemnitz and Chemnitz district. He is a member of the local political association of Chemnitz-Mittweida-Zwickau.

Member of Parliament

Since 2004 Wanderwitz has been a part of the City Council of the major district town Hohenstein-Ernstthal. Since 2002 he has been a member of the German Bundestag. Following his position as Vice Chairmen from 2002 till 2005 he was elected in December 2005 as a Chairmen of young group in the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.

Wanderwitz always entered the German Bundestag as directly elected deputy. At the federal election of 2005 he reached 37,5% of primary votes. He was also a candidate from CDU party for the federal electoral district of Chemnitz Umland/Erzgebirge District II in 2009, when he reached 41,2% of the primary vote in the general election of the 2009. From 2002 till January 2014 Wanderwitz was a Chairman of the Young Group of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary fraction. Since January 2014 he has been the Chairman of the work group for culture and media and therefore a speaker of cultural and media policy of this group.[2] He takes part in the Committees of Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection in each case as a full member.

Political position and criticism

In context of the financial crisis Wanderwitz emphasized in the interview “Give away your islands”, that Greece could privatize islands if the country can not follow its obligations.[3] In the summer of 2010 he suggested that citizens with unhealthy nutrition should be involved more in the financing of health insurance because this way they would consciously be aware of the cost of funds.[4] In February 2012 he called for higher social security contributions from childless citizens to allow reliefs for families with children.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Wanderwitz, Marco (2015). "Marco Wanderwitz - Vita" (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pressemitteilung der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion" (in German). 13 January 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Gebt her eure Inseln". derStandard.at (in German). 4 March 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Liebe Dicke". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 24 July 2010. p. 4.
  5. ↑ dpa (13 February 2012). "Unions-Politiker planen höhere Abgaben für Kinderlose". Handelsblatt (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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