| Michael Donth | |
| Office: | Member of the Bundestag |
| Term Start: | 2013 |
| Predecessor: | Ernst-Reinhard Beck |
| Birth Date: | 1967 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Metzingen, West Germany |
| Party: | CDU |
| Nationality: | German |
| Children: | 3 |
Michael Donth (born 8 June 1967) 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, Germany, since 2013.[1]
Donth became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Reutlingen district.[2] He is a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Committee on Tourism.[3] [4]
In addition to his committee assignments, Donth is part of the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group; the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America; and the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South Asia. Since 2022, he has been chairing a cross-party group in support of UNESCO-recognized nature reserves.[5]
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann following the 2021 state elections, Donth was a member of the working group on mobility, co-chaired by Winfried Hermann and Thomas Dörflinger.[6] [7]
In June 2017, Donth voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[8]
Ahead of the 2021 national elections, Donth endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[9]