Roland Theis (1980) is a German politician of the

Christian Democrat Union Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρισ ...

. Since 2017 he has been serving as State Secretary in the State Ministry of Justice in Saarland, in the government of Minister-President Tobias Hans.

Education and early career

After his studies in the field of law and politics in the

University of Saarland 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 s ...

and the Université d'Aix-Marseille III he gained his first law degree in 2005 and second in 2008. He is a scholarship holder from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and is currently working as a lecturer of constitutional and media law in the

. Theis is the alumnus of the Marshall Memorial Fellowship of the German Marshall Fund and the

American Jewish Committee The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is a Jewish advocacy group established on November 11, 1906. It is one of the oldest Jewish advocacy organizations and, according to ''The New York Times'', is "widely regarded as the dean of American Jewish org ...

. Following his studies, Theis worked as a lawyer at

SaarLB Landesbank Saar (short SaarLB) is a public-law corporation established in Saarbrücken and the largest credit and mortgage bond institute in Saarland. In 2017, the balance sheet total was around €14 billion. Core markets are Saarland and France ...

Political career

Theis was the chairman of the Junge Union in Saarland from 2005–2010 and is still the vice chairman of the International Commission of the Junge Union in Germany. Theis was a member of the city council of Ottweiler and the district council of Neunkirchen from 2004 until 2009. In his home town Ottweiler he is the chairman of the local CDU association. In the 2009 state elections, Theis ran for Landtag as a member of CDU and was elected as a representative. He was elected as Secretary General of the CDU in Saarland in November 2010, after the board had appointed him to the position already in November 2009; in this capacity, he assisted chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. In the current legislative period Theis is his parliamentary group's spokesman in issues concerning judicial, media and economical politics.Homepage in Landtag Saar
In addition he is also the chairman of the committee of inquiry for Landtags elections of 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Theis, Roland 1980 births Living people Members of the Landtag of Saarland Paul Cézanne University alumni Saarland University alumni Jurists from Saarland