Matern von Marschall explained

Matern von Marschall
Honorific-Suffix:MdB
Office9:Member of the Bundestag
for Freiburg
Term Start9:22 October 2013
Term End9:2021
Predecessor9:Gernot Erler
Birth Date:1962 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany
Party:CDU
Nationality:German

Matern von Marschall (born 3 August 1962) 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 2013 until 2021.

Political career

Von Marschall first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[1] He was a member of the Committee on European Union Affairs and the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development.[2] [3]

In addition to his committee assignments, von Marschall was a member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 2018 until 2021. In this capacity, he served on the Assembly's Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs; the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development; and the Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development.[4] From 2019 until 2021, he was also a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.

Other activities

Political positions

In June 2017, von Marschall voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[8]

Ahead of the 2021 national elections, von Marschall endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matern von Marschall. CDU/CSU-Fraktion. 2020-03-22.
  2. Web site: German Bundestag - Committee on European Union Affairs. German Bundestag. en. 2020-03-22.
  3. Web site: German Bundestag - Economic Cooperation and Development. German Bundestag. en. 2020-03-22.
  4. https://pace.coe.int/en/members/7899/marschall Matern von Marschall
  5. https://www.giz.de/en/aboutgiz/board_of_trustees.html Board of Trustees
  6. https://deval.org/en/structure.html?file=files/content/Dateien/Institut/Struktur/DEval_Beiratsmitglieder_Webseite_2019_EN.pdf Members of the Advisory Board (2019)
  7. https://www.fgyo.org/the-institution/organisation-chart/le-conseil-d-administration.html Board of Governors
  8. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article166099805/Diese-Unionsabgeordneten-stimmten-fuer-die-Ehe-fuer-alle.html Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle
  9. Norbert Wallet (April 6, 2021), Kanzlerkandidatur der Union: Rückenwind aus Baden-Württemberg für Markus Söder Stuttgarter Zeitung.