| Johannes Steiniger | |
| Office: | Member of the Bundestag |
| Term Start: | 2013 |
| Birth Date: | 1987 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bad Dürkheim, West Germany |
| Party: | CDU |
| Alma Mater: | University of Mannheim |
Johannes Steiniger (born 18 June 1987) is a German teacher and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2013.
Steiniger joined the CDU in 2003. From 2010 until 2018, he served as chairman of the Young Union (JU) in Rhineland-Palatinate.[1]
Steiniger first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Neustadt – Speyer district.[2] He is a member of the Finance Committee and the Sports Committee.[3] [4] On the Finance Committee, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on climate protection. From 2020 until 2021, he was also involved in the parliamentary inquiry into the Wirecard scandal.[5]
In 2014, Steiniger led efforts to remove fellow politician Sven Heibel from the board of the JU in Rhineland-Palatinate after Heibel caused national outrage by calling for the partial reintroduction of criminal liability for homosexuality.[6] [7]
In June 2017, Steiniger voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[8]
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election, Steiniger publicly endorsed in 2020 Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.[9] For the 2021 national elections, he later endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[10]