Christoph Ploß (born 19 July 1985) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the

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from the state of

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since 2017.

Early life

Ploß completed his

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at the

Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums The ''Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums'' ( ''Academic School of the Johanneum'', short: Johanneum) is a Gymnasium (or Grammar School ) in Hamburg, Germany. It is Hamburg's oldest school and was founded in 1529 by Johannes Bugenhagen. The school's f ...

in 2005. From 2015 until 2017, he worked in media relations at

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Political career

Ploß 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 ...

. He is a member of the Committee on European Affairs and the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure. In addition to his committee assignments, Ploß has been chairing the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East since 2022. In 2020, Roland Heintze proposed Ploß as candidate to succeed him as chairman of the CDU in Hamburg; at a party convention, Ploß was subsequently elected by a majority of 86 percent. Ahead of the

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, Ploß was elected to lead the CDU campaign in Hamburg. Ploß stepped down as chairman in April 2023 and passed the chairmanship to

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, who was elected by the party members with 185 out of 197 votes. 8 delegates voted against him, 4 abstained. Ploß remains chairman of the regional group of the CDU in the

and chairman of the CDU Hamburg's regional association CDU Hamburg-Nord.

Political positions

In 2020, Ploß opposed plans to introduce a mandatory women quota within the CDU's regional and national governing bodies by 2025. Ahead of the Christian Democrats'

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, Ploß publicly endorsed in 2020

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to succeed

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (; Kramp; born 9 August 1962), sometimes referred to by her initials of AKK, is a retired German politician who served as Minister of Defence from 2019 to 2021 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from ...

as the party's chair.Christoph Ploß: "Friedrich Merz ist gerade nach der Coronakrise der richtige Mann"
''

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'', 20 September 2020.

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1985 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Hamburg Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany People educated at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub