Marcus Weinberg (born 4 June 1967 in

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) is a German politician who served as a member of the

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from 2005 to 2021.

Early life and career

After high school, Weinberg served as a

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soldier from 1987 to 1991. Afterwards he studied History at the

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. From 2001 to 2007 Weinberg was a teacher in Wilhelmsburg.Marcus Weinberg
Bundestag.de, in German

Political career

Weinberg was a member of

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, the parliament of Hamburg, from 2001 to 2005. From 2011 to 2015 he also served as chairman of CDU Hamburg. He resigned from that position after his party scored its lowest result in history in the 2015 state elections. Weinberg became a Member of the German

in the 2005 elections. Between 2005 and 2013, he was a member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment. In this capacity, he was his parliamentary group's

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on the

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. From 2009 to 2021, he served on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In the negotiations to form a ''

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'' of

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's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian

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) and the

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following the 2013 federal elections, Weinberg was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on education and research policy, led by

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and

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Life after politics

Since 2022, Weinberg has been a partner in the Hamburg-based communications agency Guru.

Other activities

* Bundesstiftung Mutter und Kind, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees * Jürgen Echternach Foundation, Chairman of the Board (since 2015) *

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(BpB), Member of the Board of Trustees (2006–2021) * Frischluft e.V., Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2005)

Political positions

In June 2017, Weinberg voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of

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. Ahead of the Christian Democrats’

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in 2018, Weinberg publicly endorsed

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 ...

to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair. He later expressed support for

Jens Spahn Jens Georg Spahn (born 16 May 1980) is a German politician who served as Federal Minister of Health in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. A member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he has been ...

but eventually endorsed

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as Kramp-Karrenbauer's successor at the party's 2021 leadership election.Marcus Weinberg für Norbert Röttgen als CDU-Vorsitzenden
''

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'', December 11, 2020.

Personal life

Weinberg is unmarried and has one son.

References

External links

Website of Marcus Weinberg

Marcus Weinberg
at the German

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weinberg, Marcus 1967 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Hamburg Members of the Hamburg Parliament Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany