Carsten Linnemann | |
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Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union | |
Assumed office 20 January 2022 | |
Leader | Friedrich Merz |
Preceded by | Jens Spahn |
Member of the Bundestag for Paderborn | |
Assumed office 27 October 2009 | |
Preceded by | Gerhard Wächter |
Personal details | |
Born | Carsten Christoffer Linnemann 10 August 1977 Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
Political party | CDU |
Carsten Christoffer Linnemann (born 10 August 1977) is a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2009 election,[1] representing Paderborn. Since 2022, he has been one of five deputy chairs of the CDU, under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz.[2]
From 2013 until 2021, Linnemann served as the chairman of MIT, the pro-business wing in the CDU/CSU.[3][4]