Paul Ziemiak

Paul Ziemiak
General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union
In office
8 December 2018 – 31 January 2022
LeaderAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Armin Laschet
Preceded byAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Succeeded byMario Czaja
Leader of the Young Union
In office
20 September 2014 – 8 December 2018
National SecretaryConrad Clemens
Philipp Müller
Preceded byPhilipp Mißfelder
Succeeded byTilman Kuban
Member of the Bundestag
for North Rhine-Westphalia
Assumed office
26 October 2021
Preceded byChristel Voßbeck-Kayser
ConstituencyMärkischer Kreis II
In office
24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021
Preceded byIngrid Fischbach
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyCDU List
Personal details
Born
Paweł Ziemiak

(1985-09-06) 6 September 1985 (age 39)
Szczecin, Polish People's Republic (now Poland)
Citizenship
  • Polish
  • German (1988–)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union (2001–)
Children2
ResidenceIserlohn
Alma materOsnabrück University (no degree)
University of Münster (no degree)
University of Europe for Applied Sciences (no degree)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Consultant
WebsiteOfficial website

Paul Ziemiak (born 6 September 1985 as Paweł Ziemiak) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2017 federal election. In addition to his parliamentary work, he has been serving as the Secretary General of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia since 2022, under the leadership of chairman Hendrik Wüst.[1]

Ziemiak previously was the party's General Secretary on the national level from 8 December 2018 to 31 January 2022, under the leadership of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Armin Laschet. From 2014 until 2018, he served as federal chairman of the Junge Union Deutschlands, in this capacity being a part of the CDU leadership under chairwoman Angela Merkel.