Ulrich Lange (politician)

{{Short description|German politician (born 1969)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

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| name = Ulrich Lange

| office = Member of the Bundestag for Donau-Ries

| image = File:Ulrich Lange 2012.jpg

| caption = Ulrich Lange in 2012

| term_start = 2009

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|6|6}}

| birth_place = Meran, Italy

| party = CSU

| nationality = German

| children =

| alma_mater = University of Regensburg

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Ulrich Lange (born 6 June 1969) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2009.

In addition to his work in parliament, Lange was nominated as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Transport in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz in 2025.Petr Jerabek (28 April 2025), [https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/soeder-stellt-csu-bundesminister-vor-dobrindt-baer-rainer,UjdzDpK Söder stellt CSU-Bundesminister vor: Dobrindt, Bär, Rainer] Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Political career

Born in Meran, Lange became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election, representing the Donau-Ries constituency.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cducsu.de/abgeordnete/ulrich-lange|title=Ulrich Lange|website=CDU/CSU-Fraktion|access-date=2020-03-23}} In parliament, he served on Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology (2009-2013), the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs (2009-2013) and the Committee on Transport (2009-2017).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/bodies/inquiry/2inquiry|title=German Bundestag - 2nd Committee of Inquiry|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}} From 2014 until 2017, he was his parliamentary group’s spokesperson on transport.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Lange was part of the working group on transport and infrastructure, led by Michael Kretschmer, Alexander Dobrindt and Sören Bartol.Bernd Schied (January 29, 2018), [https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/noerdlingen/Ulrich-Lange-neuer-Unions-Vize-im-Bundestag-id44020576.html Ulrich Lange neuer Unions-Vize im Bundestag] Augsburger Allgemeine. Since early 2018, he has been serving as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, under the leadership of successive chairmen Volker Kauder (2018) and Ralph Brinkhaus (2018–2022) and Friedrich Merz (2022–present).Bernd Schied (January 29, 2018), [https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/noerdlingen/Ulrich-Lange-neuer-Unions-Vize-im-Bundestag-id44020576.html Ulrich Lange neuer Unions-Vize im Bundestag] Augsburger Allgemeine.

Other activities

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