Alexander Throm (born 8 September 1968) is a German lawyer and politician of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the
Bundestag from the state of
Baden-Württemberg since 2017. In 2001, he co-founded a law firm with
Thomas Strobl.
Political career
From
2011
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until 2016, Throm was a member of the
State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, where he served on the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.
Throm became a member of the Bundestag after the
2017 German federal election
Federal elections were held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag, as well as 111 overhang and leveling seats determined thereafter.
The Christian Democr ...
, representing
Heilbronn
Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District. With over 126,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state.
From the late Mid ...
. He is a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs, the Committee on the Verification of Credentials and Immunities and the Committee on Rules of Procedure (since 2019). In this capacity, he serves as his parliamentary group’s
rapporteur on the Residence Act (AufenthG).
Other activities
* Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG (SWS AG), Member of the Supervisory Board (until 2019)
Political positions
Ahead of the
2021 national elections, Throm endorsed
Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed
Chancellor
Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...
Angela Merkel.
[Norbert Wallet (April 6, 2021)]
Kanzlerkandidatur der Union: Rückenwind aus Baden-Württemberg für Markus Söder
'' Stuttgarter Zeitung''.
References
External links
*
Bundestag biography
1968 births
Living people
Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg
Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
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