Matern von Marschall (born 3 August 1962) 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 2013 until 2021.

Political career

Von Marschall first 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 ...

. He was a member of the Committee on European Union Affairs and the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development. In addition to his committee assignments, von Marschall was a member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 2018 until 2021. In this capacity, he served on the Assembly's Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs; the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development; and the Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development. From 2019 until 2021, he was also 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 ...

Other activities

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (English: ''German Agency for International Cooperation GmbH''), often simply shortened to GIZ, is the main German development agency. It is headquartered in Bonn and Eschb ...

(GIZ), Chairman of the Board of Trustees * German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Member of the Advisory Board *

Franco-German Youth Office The Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO; french: Office franco-allemand pour la Jeunesse, OFAJ; german: Deutsch-Französisches Jugendwerk, DFJW) is an organisation to subsidize programs for children, adolescents and young adults. Its main goal is ...

(FGYO), Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018) *

Rotary International Rotary International is one of the largest service organizations in the world. Its stated mission is to "provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through hefellowship of business, prof ...

, Member

Political positions

In June 2017, von Marschall voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage. Ahead of the 2021 national elections, von Marschall endorsed

Markus Söder Markus Thomas Theodor Söder (born 5 January 1967) is a German politician serving as Minister-President of Bavaria since 2018 and Leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) since 2019. Background, education and military service Söde ...

as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed

Chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

Angela Merkel.Norbert Wallet (April 6, 2021)
Kanzlerkandidatur der Union: Rückenwind aus Baden-Württemberg für Markus Söder
'' Stuttgarter Zeitung''.

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Bundestag biography
1962 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 for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub