Christian Hirte

Christian Hirte
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in Thuringia
In office
19 September 2020 – 17 September 2022
DeputyRaymond Walk
Beate Meißner
Thadäus König
Preceded byMike Mohring
Succeeded byMario Voigt
Parliamentary State Secretary for Small Enterprises and the New States
In office
14 March 2018 – 8 February 2020
MinisterPeter Altmaier
Preceded byIris Gleicke (New States, Small Enterprises and Tourism)
Succeeded byMarco Wanderwitz (New States)
Member of the Bundestag
for Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
(CDU List; 2008–2009)
Assumed office
15 May 2008
Preceded byBernward Müller
Personal details
Born (1976-05-23) 23 May 1976 (age 48)
Bad Salzungen, East Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
EducationUniversity of Jena
WebsiteOfficial website

Christian Hirte (born 23 May 1976) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as member of the German Bundestag since 2008. From 2020 to 2022, he has been the chairman of the CDU in Thuringia and co-deputy Chairman since then.

From 2018 to 2020, Hirte served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and additionally as commissioner of the federal government for the new states in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.[1]

  1. ^ Christian Hirte, Bundestag.de