Marian Wendt (born 9 June 1985) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the

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from the state of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

from 2013 until 2021.

Political career

Wendt became a member of the Bundestag in the

2013 German federal election Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian ...

, representing North Saxony. He was a member of the Committee on Petitions and the Committee on Internal Affairs. From 2018, he was also a member of the Committee for the Scrutiny of Acoustic Surveillance of the Private Home. He served as his parliamentary group’s

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and the

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. In addition to his committee assignments, Wendt was part of the German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South-Eastern Europe and the Berlin-Taipei Parliamentary Circle of Friends. In September 2020, Wendt announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.

Political positions

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’

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in 2018, Wendt publicly endorsed

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to succeed

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as the party’s chair. For the 2021 national elections, he later endorsed

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as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Merkel as Germany's chancellor.Anna Clauß, Jörg Diehl, Florian Gathmann, Kevin Hagen, Christoph Hickmann, Timo Lehmann and Veit Medick (April 2, 2021)
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Bundestag biography
1985 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Saxony Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub