Christoph Ploß
{{Short description|German politician (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Christoph Ploß
| image = Christoph Ploß 2020 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Ploß in 2020
| office = Member of the Bundestag
for Hamburg-Nord
| term_start = 8 December 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office1 = Member of the Bundestag
for Hamburg-Nord
| term_start1 = 24 October 2017
| term_end1 = 8 December 2021
| predecessor1 = Dirk Fischer
| successor1 =
| office2 = Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Hamburg
| term_start2 = 26 September 2020
| term_end2 = 3 April 2023
| predecessor2 = Roland Heintze
| successor2 = Dennis Thering
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|7|19}}
| birth_place = Hamburg, West Germany
| party = Christian Democratic Union
| children =
| alma_mater = University of Hamburg
| occupation =
}}
Christoph Ploß (born 19 July 1985) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hamburg since 2017.
Early life
Ploß completed his abitur at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums in 2005.{{cite web
| url =https://hamburgerwochenblatt.de/alle-ausgaben/gendern-ist-der-falsche-weg/ | title ='Gendern ist der falsche Weg' | date =19 August 2021 | website =Hamburger Wochenblatt | publisher =Funke Hamburg Wochenblatt GmbH | access-date =6 October 2021 }} From 2015 until 2017, he worked in media relations at Bauer Media Group.
Political career
Ploß became a member of the Bundestag after the 2017 German federal election. He is a member of the Committee on European Affairs and the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a21|title=German Bundestag – Committee on European Union Affairs|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=22 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a15|title=German Bundestag – Transport and Digital Infrastructure|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=22 March 2020}}
In addition to his committee assignments, Ploß has been chairing the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East since 2022.
In 2020, Roland Heintze proposed Ploß as candidate to succeed him as chairman of the CDU in Hamburg;Jörn Lauterbach (28 July 2020), [https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article212384795/Kandidatur-fuer-Landesvorsitz-Hamburgs-CDU-setzt-auf-Ploss-und-eine-weitere-Verjuengung.html Kandidatur für Landesvorsitz: Hamburgs CDU setzt auf Ploß und eine weitere Verjüngung] Die Welt. at a party convention, Ploß was subsequently elected by a majority of 86 percent.Peter Ulrich Meyer (26 September 2020) [https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/kommunales/article230523568/Wahl-Christoph-Ploss-neuer-Vorsitzender-der-Hamburger-CDU.html Christoph Ploß ist neuer Vorsitzender der Hamburger CDU] Hamburger Abendblatt. Ahead of the 2021 elections, Ploß was elected to lead the CDU campaign in Hamburg.[https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Hamburger-CDU-waehlt-Kandidatenliste-fuer-die-Bundestagswahl,cdu1518.html Hamburger CDU wählt Kandidatenliste für die Bundestagswahl] Norddeutscher Rundfunk, 29 May 2021.
Ploß stepped down as chairman in April 2023 and passed the chairmanship to Dennis Thering, who was elected by the party members with 185 out of 197 votes. 8 delegates voted against him, 4 abstained.{{Cite web |last=NDR |title=Hamburger CDU wählt Thering zum neuen Landesvorsitzenden |url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Hamburger-CDU-waehlt-Thering-zum-neuen-Landesvorsitzenden,cduhamburg118.html |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=www.ndr.de |language=de}} Ploß remains chairman of the regional group of the CDU in the Bundestag and chairman of the CDU Hamburg's regional association CDU Hamburg-Nord.{{Cite web |title=Paukenschlag in Hamburg: Dennis Thering löst Christoph Ploß als CDU-Landeschef ab - WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article244366269/Paukenschlag-in-Hamburg-Dennis-Thering-loest-Christoph-Ploss-als-CDU-Landeschef-ab.html |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=DIE WELT |language=de}}
Political positions
In 2020, Ploß opposed plans to introduce a mandatory women quota within the CDU's regional and national governing bodies by 2025.Andreas Rinke (8 July 2020), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-politics-equality/merkels-christian-democrats-aim-to-fill-half-key-party-posts-with-women-by-2025-idUSKBN2490SM Merkel's Christian Democrats aim to fill half key party posts with women by 2025] Reuters.Florian Gathmann (8 July 2020), [https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/frauenquote-cdu-bundestagsabgeordnete-kritisieren-quoten-beschluss-a-bf750e9c-b174-4f92-9098-18b4f2da6696 Frauenquote: CDU-Bundestagsabgeordnete kritisieren Quotenbeschluss] Der Spiegel.
Ahead of the Christian Democrats' leadership election, Ploß publicly endorsed in 2020 Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.[https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article216017994/Hamburg-Friedrich-Merz-ist-gerade-nach-der-Coronakrise-der-richtige-Mann.html Christoph Ploß: "Friedrich Merz ist gerade nach der Coronakrise der richtige Mann"] Die Welt, 20 September 2020.
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|www.christoph-ploss.de}} {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.bundestag.de/en/members/522662-522662 Bundestag biography] {{in lang|en}}
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