| Josef Rief | |
| Office: | Member of the Bundestag |
| Term Start: | 2009 |
| Predecessor: | Franz Romer |
| Birth Date: | 1960 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Illertissen, West Germany |
| Party: | CDU |
| Nationality: | German |
Josef Rief (born 13 April 1960) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2009.
Rief became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election.[1] He is a member of the Budget Committee and the Committee for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.[2] [3] In this capacity, he serves as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of Health.
In addition to his committee assignments, Rief has been a substitute member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2018.[4] In this capacity, he serves on the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development and the Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter.
In June 2017, Rief voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[5]