Lothar Riebsamen (born 24 September 1957) 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 2009 until 2021.

Political career

Riebsamen became a member of the Bundestag in the

2009 German federal election Federal elections took place on 27 September 2009 to elect the members of the 17th Bundestag (parliament) of Germany. Preliminary results showed that the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union ...

, representing the Bodensee district. In parliament, he was a member of the Health Committee. In this capacity, he served as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on hospitals. In July 2020, Riebsamen announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.Weingarten: Lothar Riebsamen kandidiert nicht mehr für den Bundestag
'' Südwestrundfunk'', July 9, 2020.

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Bundestag biography
1957 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub