Alexander Dobrindt
| Alexander Dobrindt | |
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Dobrindt in 2013
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| Deputy Leader of the CDU/CSU Group in the Bundestag | |
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Assumed office 24 October 2017 |
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| Leader | Volker Kauder |
| Preceded by | Gerda Hasselfeldt |
| Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure | |
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In office 17 December 2013 – 24 October 2017 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Peter Ramsauer |
| Succeeded by | Christian Schmidt (acting) |
| General Secretary of the Christian Social Union | |
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In office 9 February 2009 – 15 December 2013 |
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| Leader | Horst Seehofer |
| Preceded by | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg |
| Succeeded by | Andreas Scheuer |
| Member of the Bundestag for Weilheim |
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Assumed office 22 September 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Michaela Geiger |
| Personal details | |
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7 June 1970 Peißenberg, Bavaria, Germany |
| Political party | CSU |
| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Website | alexander-dobrindt.de |
Alexander Dobrindt (born 7 June 1970) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU). Between 2013 and 2017, he served as Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Previously, he was the Secretary General of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria under the leadership of party chairman Horst Seehofer from 2009.
Dobrindt was born in Peißenberg, Bavaria. He graduated from the Weilheim Highschool in 1989 and continued his studies in the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich finishing with a Master of Arts in Sociology in 1995.
After obtaining his degree, Dobrindt worked at an engineering company as a Financial Director from 1996 to 2001 and as a Managing Director from 2001 to 2005.
Dobrindt joined the Junge Union (Junior party of the C.S.U.) in 1986 and 4 years later the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He has been a member of the German National Parliament (Bundestag) since the 2002 federal elections when he won the direct mandate in the Parliamentary Constituency of Weilheim with 59.4 percent of the votes. Since 2009, he serves as the District-Chairman of the CSU in Weilheim-Schongau.
In parliament, Dobrindt served as a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology between 2005 and 2009. In the negotiations to form a coalition government following the 2013 elections, he was part of the 15-member leadership circle chaired by Merkel, Seehofer and Sigmar Gabriel.
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