Tobias Hans
{{Short description|German politician}}
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| name = Tobias Hans
| image = Tobias Hans-6779.jpg
| caption = Tobias Hans
| office1 = Minister-President of Saarland
| deputy1 = Anke Rehlinger
| term_start1 = 1 March 2018
| term_end1 = 25 April 2022
| predecessor1 = Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
| successor1 = Anke Rehlinger
| office4 = Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in the Saarland
| deputy5 = Michael Adam
Daniela Schlegel-Friedrich
Nadine Schön
Peter Strobel
Stephan Toscani
| 1blankname4 = General Secretary
| 1namedata4 = Markus Uhl
| term_start4 = 19 October 2018
| term_end4 =
| predecessor5 = Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
| successor5 =
| office6 = Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in the Landtag of Saarland
| term_start6 = 24 November 2015
| term_end6 = 1 March 2018
| predecessor6 = Klaus Meiser
| successor6 = Alexander Funk
| office12 = Member of the Landtag of Saarland
for Neunkirchen
| term_start12 = 23 September 2009
| term_end12 =
| predecessor12 = multi-member district
| successor12 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|2|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Neunkirchen, Saarland, West Germany
| nationality = German
| party = Christian Democratic Union
| website = {{URL|http://www.tobias-hans.de}}
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Tobias Theodor Hans (born 1 February 1978) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister-President of Saarland from 2018 to 2022.
Political career
Hans became a member of the Landtag of Saarland after the Saarland state election in 2009. On 24 November 2015, Hans was elected as chairman of the CDU Parliamentary Group in the Landtag of Saarland.{{cite web |url=https://www.focus.de/regional/saarbruecken/landtag-tobias-hans-ist-neuer-fraktionschef-der-cdu-im-saar-landtag_id_5108921.html |title=Tobias Hans ist neuer Fraktionschef der CDU im Saar-Landtag |date=24 November 2015 |publisher=Focus |access-date=19 February 2018 |language=de}}
As one of the Saarland's representatives at the Bundesrat, Hans served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Defence and the Committee on Cultural Affairs. He was also a member of the German-French Friendship Group set up by the Bundesrat and the French Senate.
Hans was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017 and 2022.[https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/878348/b21e5621b2f3de04e328535bd589e151/mitglieder_bv_2022-data.pdf 17th Federal Convention, 13 February 2022, List of Members] Bundestag.
On 1 March 2018, Hans was elected as Minister-President of Saarland by a 40 to 11 vote. He is the youngest serving head of a German state government.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Hans co-chaired – alongside Silvia Breher, Hendrik Hoppenstedt, Yvonne Magwas and Paul Ziemiak – the CDU’s first ever digital national convention in 2021.Giorgio Tzimurtas (14 January 2021), [https://www.om-online.de/politik/silvia-breher-moderiert-den-cdu-parteitag-59743 Oldenburger Münsterland: Silvia Breher moderiert den CDU-Parteitag] ''OM Online’'.
Other activities
- Cultural Foundation of the German States (KdL), chairman of the council[http://www.kulturstiftung.de/stiftungsrat/ Board of Trustees] Cultural Foundation of the German States (KdL).
- Deutsches Museum, ex officio member of the board of trustees[http://www.deutsches-museum.de/de/wir-ueber-uns/kuratorium/mitgl-kraft-amtes/ Board of Trustees] Deutsches Museum.
- RAG-Stiftung, ex officio member of the board of trustees (since 2018)
Political positions
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Hans publicly endorsed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair.Maria Stöhr (December 6, 2018), [https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/cdu-parteitag-fuer-welchen-kandidaten-sich-prominente-politiker-aussprechen-a-1242253.html Kampf um die Merkel-Nachfolge: Wer wählt wen?] Der Spiegel. For the 2021 national elections, he later supported Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Merkel as Chancellor.[https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/soeder-gets-popularity-boost-german-chancellery-run-latest-poll-2021-04-16/ Second CDU premier drops support for Laschet's German chancellery run] Reuters, April 16, 2021.
References
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External links
- [http://www.tobias-hans.de Personal website]
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Category:Minister-presidents of Saarland