Peter Weiß

Peter Weiß
Peter Weiß in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
In office
1998–2021
Personal details
Born (1956-03-12) 12 March 1956 (age 68)
Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyCDU

Peter Weiß (born 12 March 1956) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg from 1998 until 2021.

Early career

From 1985 until 1993, Weiß worked in various capacities for the German chapter of Caritas Internationalis. From 1993 until 1998, he was the managing director of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg.

Political career

Weiß first became a member of the Bundestag in the 1998 German federal election, representing the Emmendingen – Lahr district.[1] Throughout his time in parliament, he served on the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs.[2] In addition to his committee assignments, he served as deputy chairman of the German-Brazilian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Weiß was part of the working group on social affairs, led by Karl-Josef Laumann, Barbara Stamm and Andrea Nahles.

In July 2020, Weiß announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[3]

Other activities

  • Pax-Bank, Member of the Advisory Board on Ethics[4]
  • Maximilian Kolbe Werk, President
  • Xertifix, Co-Founder and Member of the Board[5]

Political positions

In June 2017, Weiß voted against Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[6]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Weiß publicly endorsed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Angela Merkel as the party’s chair.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Peter Weiß". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. ^ "German Bundestag - Labour and Social Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. ^ Mark Alexander (July 17, 2020), Wahlkreis Emmendingen-Lahr: Der CDU-Abgeordnete Peter Weiß kandidiert bei der Bundestagswahl 2021 nicht mehr Badische Zeitung.
  4. ^ Advisory Boards Pax-Bank.
  5. ^ Peter Weiß Xertifix
  6. ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  7. ^ Christian Rothenberg (December 5, 2018), Kampf um den CDU-Vorsitz: So groß sind die Lager der Unterstützer für Merz, Spahn und Kramp-Karrenbauer Handelsblatt.
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