Fritz Güntzler
{{Short description|German politician}}
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| name = Fritz Güntzler
| office = Member of the Bundestag
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| term_start = 2013
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| predecessor = Hartwig Fischer
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|5|6}}
| birth_place = Cuxhaven, West Germany
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| party = CDU
| nationality = German
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| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list |Saarland University |University of Göttingen}}
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Fritz Güntzler (born 6 May 1966) is a German auditor and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/fritz-guentzler|title=Fritz Güntzler {{!}} Abgeordnetenwatch|website=www.abgeordnetenwatch.de|language=de|access-date=2020-03-21}}
Political career
Güntzler served as a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony from 2005 until 2008 and from 2010 until 2013.
Güntzler first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing Göttingen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cducsu.de/abgeordnete/fritz-guentzler|title=Fritz Güntzler|website=CDU/CSU-Fraktion|access-date=2020-03-21}} In parliament, he is a member of the Finance Committee and the Sports Committee.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a07|title=German Bundestag - Finance|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a05|title=German Bundestag - Sports|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}} He serves as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on the property tax.
In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition under the leadership of Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD following the 2025 German elections, Güntzler was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on public finances, led by Mathias Middelberg, Florian Oßner and Dennis Rohde.Katharina Seiler (13 March 2025), [https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/Koalitionsverhandlungen-zwischen-Union-und-SPD-getartet,koalitionsverhandlungen352.html Koalitionsverhandlungen zwischen Union und SPD gestartet] Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
Other activities
= Corporate boards =
- DATEV, Member of the Advisory Board
- Moore Global Germany, Member of the Supervisory Board
= Non-profit organizations =
- Göttingen International Handel Festival, Member of the Supervisory Board
- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Member of the Board of Trustees[https://www.mpibpc.mpg.de/93545/kuratorium Board of Trustees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114091701/https://www.mpibpc.mpg.de/93545/kuratorium |date=14 November 2021 }} Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.
- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Member of the Board of Trustees[https://www.ds.mpg.de/board-of-trustees Board of Trustees] Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization.
- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Member of the Board of Trustees[https://www.mps.mpg.de/institute/board-of-trustees Board of Trustees] Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research.
Political positions
In June 2017, Güntzler voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article166099805/Diese-Unionsabgeordneten-stimmten-fuer-die-Ehe-fuer-alle.html Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle] Die Welt, 30 June 2017.
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://www.fritz-guentzler.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.bundestag.de/en/members/guentzler_fritz-519962 Bundestag biography] {{in lang|en}}
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