Alexander Dobrindt

Alexander Dobrindt

MdB
Dobrindt in 2023
Minister of the Interior
Assumed office
6 May 2025
ChancellorFriedrich Merz
Preceded byNancy Faeser (as Minister of Interior and Community)
Chairman of the CSU Group in the Bundestag
Assumed office
24 October 2017
LeaderVolker Kauder
Ralph Brinkhaus
Friedrich Merz
Preceded byGerda Hasselfeldt
Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
In office
17 December 2013 – 24 October 2017
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byPeter Ramsauer
Succeeded byChristian Schmidt (acting)
General Secretary of the Christian Social Union
In office
9 February 2009 – 15 December 2013
LeaderHorst Seehofer
Preceded byKarl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
Succeeded byAndreas Scheuer
Member of the Bundestag for Weilheim
Assumed office
17 October 2002
Preceded byMichaela Geiger
Personal details
Born (1970-06-07) 7 June 1970
Peißenberg, Bavaria, West Germany
Political partyCSU (since 1990)
Alma materLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
Websitealexander-dobrindt.de

Alexander Dobrindt (born 7 June 1970) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). He is the chairman of the CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag since 2017. He has been the Minister of the Interior since 2025.

Between 2013 and 2017, he was the Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. He was the secretary general of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria under the leadership of party chairman Horst Seehofer from 2009.

Dobrindt is seen as an important person in creating the coalition agreement between CDU, CSU and SPD after the 2025 federal election.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mechaniker der Macht: Alexander Dobrindts entscheidende Rolle für die neue Koalition". www.merkur.de (in German). 2025-03-26. Retrieved 2025-04-09.

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