Johannes Steiniger
{{short description|German politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Johannes Steiniger
| office = Member of the Bundestag
| image = Porträt Johannes Steiniger (Bildquelle Tobias Koch) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Johannes Steiniger in 2019
| term_start = 2013
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|6|18}}
| birth_place = Bad Dürkheim, West Germany
| party = CDU
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| alma_mater = University of Mannheim
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Johannes Steiniger (born 18 June 1987) is a German teacher and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2013.
Political career
= Beginnings =
Steiniger joined the CDU in 2003. From 2010 until 2018, he served as chairman of the Young Union (JU) in Rhineland-Palatinate.Dagmar Schindler-Nickel (6 November 2016), [https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/bad-duerkheim_artikel,-johannes-steiniger-aus-bad-d%C3%BCrkheim-bleibt-landesvorsitzenden-der-jungen-union-_arid,734783.html Johannes Steiniger aus Bad Dürkheim bleibt Landesvorsitzenden der Jungen Union] Die Rheinpfalz.
= Member of the German Parliament, 2013–present =
Steiniger first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Neustadt – Speyer district.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cducsu.de/abgeordnete/johannes-steiniger|title=Johannes Steiniger|website=CDU/CSU-Fraktion|access-date=2020-03-22}} 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=2020-03-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a05|title=German Bundestag - Sports|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-22}} On the Finance Committee, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on climate protection. From 2020 until 2021, he was also involved in the parliamentary inquiry into the Wirecard scandal.[https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/bad-duerkheim_artikel,-bundestagsabgeordneter-johannes-steiniger-im-wirecard-ausschuss-_arid,5175174.html Bundestagsabgeordneter Johannes Steiniger im Wirecard-Ausschuss] Die Rheinpfalz, 2 March 2021.
In 2014, Steiniger led efforts to remove fellow politician Sven Heibel from the board of the JU in Rhineland-Palatinate after Heibel caused national outrage by calling for the partial reintroduction of criminal liability for homosexuality.Thomas Holl (12 June 2014), [https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/sven-heibel-cdu-verteidigt-homosexuellen-paragraph-12986415.html 20 Jahre nach Abschaffung: CDU-Politiker verteidigt Homosexuellen-Paragraph] Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.[https://www.fr.de/politik/cdu-politiker-heibel-verliert-11227948.html Nach homophoben Äußerungen: CDU-Politiker Heibel verliert Amt] Frankfurter Rundschau, 2 March 2021.
Other activities
- Sparkasse Rhein Haardt, Member of the supervisory board (since 2019)
- Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees
Political positions
In June 2017, Steiniger 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, June 30, 2017.
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election, Steiniger publicly endorsed in 2020 Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.Andreas Schröder (February 26, 2020), [https://www.rheinpfalz.de/politik_artikel,-zwei-f%C3%BCr-merz-einer-f%C3%BCr-laschet-wen-pf%C3%A4lzer-cdu-abgeordnete-unterst%C3%BCtzen-wollen-_arid,5037719.html Zwei für Merz, einer für Laschet: Wen Pfälzer CDU-Abgeordnete unterstützen wollen] Die Rheinpfalz. For the 2021 national elections, he later endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.Veit Medick (March 29, 2021), [https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/erste-cdu-abgeordnete-fuer-soeder-als-kanzlerkandidat-a-36160f3e-d7ec-40d0-af81-e6e643ed283a Krise der Union: Erste CDU-Abgeordnete für Söder als Kanzlerkandidat] Der Spiegel.
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://johannes-steiniger.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.bundestag.de/en/members/steiniger_johannes-523860 Bundestag biography] {{in lang|en}}
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