Helge Braun | |
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 Braun in 2017 | |
| Chair of the Budget Committee | |
| Assumed office 15 December 2021 | |
| Deputy | Bettina Hagedorn |
| Preceded by | Peter Boehringer |
| Head of the Chancellery Minister for Special Affairs | |
| In office 14 March 2018 – 8 December 2021 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Peter Altmaier |
| Succeeded by | Wolfgang Schmidt |
| State Minister to the Chancellor for Bureaucracy reduction, better regulation and Federal-State Relations | |
| In office 17 December 2013 – 14 March 2018 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Eckart von Klaeden (Bureaucracy reduction and better regulation) |
| Succeeded by | Hendrik Hoppenstedt |
| Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Research | |
| In office 28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Minister | Annette Schavan Johanna Wanka |
| Preceded by | Andreas Storm |
| Succeeded by | Stefan Müller |
| Member of the Bundestag for Hesse | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | multi-member district |
| Constituency | Christian Democratic Union List |
| In office 27 October 2009 – 26 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Rüdiger Veit |
| Succeeded by | Felix Döring |
| Constituency | Gießen |
| In office 17 October 2002 – 18 October 2005 | |
| Preceded by | multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | multi-member district |
| Constituency | Christian Democratic Union List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 October 1972 Giessen, Hesse, West Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Alma mater | University of Giessen |
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| Website | helge-braun |
Helge Reinhold Braun (born 18 October 1972) is a German physician and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Between 2018 and 2021, he served as Head of the Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the fourth coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. He was the Parliamentary Secretary of State for Bureaucracy Reduction and Federal-State Relations at the Chancellery between 2013 and 2018.
Braun, who was thought of as a party insider, loyal to moderate Merkel, ran in the December 2021 CDU leadership election, but only came in a distant third.