Christian Baldauf

Christian Baldauf
Baldauf in 2016
Parliamentary Group Chairman
In office
since 2018; 2006 – 2011
Preceded byChristoph Böhr
Succeeded byJulia Klöckner
Chair of the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
26 March 2006 – 25 September 2010
Preceded byChristoph Böhr
Succeeded byJulia Klöckner
Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
for Frankenthal
Assumed office
18 May 2001
Preceded byDieter Schiffmann
Personal details
Born (1967-08-09) 9 August 1967 (age 57)
Frankenthal, West Germany
(now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
Political partyCDU
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Mannheim
Heidelberg University
OccupationLawyer
Websitechristianbaldauf.de

Christian Baldauf (born 9 August 1967 in Frankenthal) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union who has been serving as a member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2001, where he is the leader of the CDU parliamentary group (2006-2011 and since 2018) and thus the leader of the opposition.

Baldauf has been a member of the CDU federal executive committee since November 2006.[1] In November 2019, he was elected as the CDU's top candidate in Rhineland-Palatinate for the 2021 state elections.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Vorstand". Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (in German). Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "Landtagswahl 2021 in Rheinland-Pfalz: Dafür steht die CDU". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). January 7, 2021. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Schlecht, Florian (October 11, 2020). "Rheinland-Pfalz: Topthema Schule: Wie CDU-Mann Christian Baldauf die Wahl 2021 gegen Malu Dreyer gewinnen will". Volksfreund (in German). Retrieved January 10, 2021.