Christian Haase Explained

Christian Haase
Office:Member of the Bundestag
Term Start:2013
Birth Date:1966 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Höxter, West Germany
Party:CDU
Nationality:German

Christian Haase (born 6 May 1966) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.[1]

Political career

Haase became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Höxter and Lippe districts.[2] He is a member of the Budget Committee and its Subcommittee on European Affairs.[3] Since the 2021 elections, Haase has been serving as his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for the national budget.[4] In 2022, he also joined the parliamentary body charged with overseeing a 100 billion euro special fund to strengthen Germany’s armed forces.

In addition to his committee assignments, Haase chairs the German-Egyptian Parliamentary Friendship Group and is a member of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Northern Adriatic States.

Political positions

In June 2017, Haase voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[5]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Haase publicly endorsed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Angela Merkel as the party’s chair.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Christian Haase Abgeordnetenwatch. www.abgeordnetenwatch.de. de. 21 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Christian Haase. CDU/CSU-Fraktion. 21 March 2020.
  3. Web site: German Bundestag – Budget. German Bundestag. en. 21 March 2020.
  4. Manfred Schäfers (16 December 2021), Nachtragshaushalt: Bemerkenswerter Rollenwechsel Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  5. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article166099805/Diese-Unionsabgeordneten-stimmten-fuer-die-Ehe-fuer-alle.html Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle
  6. Christian Rothenberg (5 December 2018), Kampf um den CDU-Vorsitz: So groß sind die Lager der Unterstützer für Merz, Spahn und Kramp-Karrenbauer Handelsblatt.