Georg Nüßlein

Nüßlein was born 10 April 1969 in Krumbach, Bavaria. He went to the University of Augsburg

From 1993 until 2002, Nüßlein worked in the banking sector, including with Bankhaus Reuschel & Co. in Munich.

Nüßlein first became a member of the Bundestag after the 2002 German federal election in Neu-Ulm (electoral district).{{Cite web|url=https://www.cducsu.de/abgeordnete/georg-nuesslein|title=Dr. Georg Nüßlein|website=CDU/CSU-Fraktion|access-date=2020-03-23}} From 2005 until 2013, he served on the Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats (SPD) following the 2013 federal elections, Nüßlein was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on energy policy, led by Peter Altmaier and Hannelore Kraft.

From 2014, Nüßlein served as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, under the leadership of successive chairmen Volker Kauder (2014-2018) and Ralph Brinkhaus (since 2018). In this capacity, he is the group's main spokesman for environmental and health policy. From 2015 until 2016, he was part of a government-appointed commission tasked with recommending how to safeguard the funding of fulfilling Germany's exit from nuclear energy, under the leadership of co-chairs Ole von Beust, Matthias Platzeck and Jürgen Trittin.Birgit Marschall (15 October 2015), [https://rp-online.de/wirtschaft/trittin-platzeck-und-beust-leiten-atom-kommission_aid-19852641 Trittin, Platzeck und Beust leiten Atom-Kommission] Rheinische Post.John O'Donnell and Christoph Steitz (29 November 2015), [https://www.reuters.com/article/germany-nuclear-decomissioning-idUSL8N13O0H620151129#ZjssTxwTcEe4wTMM.97 Minister signals German trust could handle nuclear waste storage] Reuters.

In the negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under Merkel's leadership following the 2017 federal elections, Nüßlein led the working group on health policy, alongside Hermann Gröhe and Malu Dreyer.

In February 2021, Nüßlein's parliamentary offices were among 13 properties raided in Germany and Liechtenstein as part of a probe into suspected corruption and bribery of elected officials related to the procurement of FFP-2 masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. He was suspected of having received a €650,000 commission for acting as a broker between a face mask manufacturer and the federal and Bavarian governments. He called the allegations baseless.Björn Dake (February 25, 2021), [https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/georg-nuesslein-durchsuchung-103.html Durchsuchungen bei CSU-Politiker: Nüßlein nennt Vorwürfe "haltlos"] Tagesschau.Merlin Sugue (February 25, 2021), [https://www.politico.eu/article/cdu-csu-police-raid-corruption-georg-nuesslein-bundestag-parliamentary-immunity/ Offices of senior German politician searched over corruption allegations] Politico Europe.

His parliamentary immunity was revoked.{{Cite web|last=NACHRICHTEN|first=n-tv|title=Nüßlein wird Bestechlichkeit vorgeworfen|url=https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Nuesslein-wird-Bestechlichkeit-vorgeworfen-article22385788.html|access-date=2021-03-08|website=n-tv.de|language=de}} On March 07, 2021 Nüßlein announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term. On March 08, 2021 he announced that he had left the CSU after party leadership had requested he resign from Parliament immediately.[https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/csu-politiker-georg-nuesslein-zieht-sich-aus-der-politik-zurueck-a-597ac201-6d3a-4ef9-8827-d75d17c3b0c6 Deals mit Corona-Schutzmasken: CSU-Politiker Nüßlein zieht sich aus der Politik zurück] Der Spiegel, March 5, 2021.{{Cite news|last=Frasch|first=Timo|last2=München|title=Masken-Affäre: Nüßlein tritt aus der CSU aus|language=de|work=FAZ.NET|url=https://www.faz.net/1.7233452|access-date=2021-03-08|issn=0174-4909}}

In June 2017, Nüßlein voted against 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, June 30, 2017.

• Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board (2014-2018)
• German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2005)
• Verona's Dreams, Member of the Supervisory Board (2002)Andrea Stölzle (July 21, 2008), [https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/neu-ulm/Prominente-nicht-immer-vorschnell-verurteilen-id3929641.html "Prominente nicht immer vorschnell verurteilen"] Augsburger Allgemeine.

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