Markus Alexander Uhl (born 31 August 1979) is a German politician of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the
Bundestag
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from the state of
Saarland
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since 2017.
Early life and education
Born in
Cologne
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,
North Rhine-Westphalia
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, Uhl studied
business economics
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at the
Saarland University
Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in si ...
.
Political career
Uhl became
member of the Bundestag
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''Member of Parliament'' refers to the elected members of the federal Bundestag Parliament at the Reichs ...
for
Homburg in the
2017 German federal election
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The Christian Democr ...
. He is a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Budget Committee.
In this capacity, he serves as his parliamentary group's
rapporteur
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For example, Dick Marty was appointed ''rapporteur'' by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Euro ...
on the annual budget of the
Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
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.
In addition to his committee assignments, Uhl has been a member of the German delegation to the
Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly
The Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly (french: Assemblée parlementaire franco-allemande; german: Deutsch-Französische Parlamentarische Versammlung, ''DFPV'') is a joint body of the German Bundestag and the French National Assembly formed to ...
since 2019.
In
2021
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, he was
defeated for re-election by
Esra Limbacher
Esra-Leon Limbacher (born 1 May 1989 in Wiesbaden) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021. He has been the SME representative and deputy economic policy spokesperson ...
, but returned to Parliament on the list after the resignation of
Peter Altmaier
Peter Altmaier (born 18 June 1958) is a German lawyer and CDU politician who served as Acting Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2018 and as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Federal Mi ...
.
References
External links
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Bundestag biography
1979 births
Living people
Members of the Bundestag for Saarland
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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