Christian Dürr (born 18 April 1977) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of the

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from 2017 to 2025. From December 2021, he was the leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag.

Early life and education

Dürr was born in

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. He graduated in economics from

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, with a thesis on

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Political career

Career in state politics

Dürr was first elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in the 2003 state elections. He was his parliamentary group's spokesperson on environmental policy (2003–2009) and media policy (2013–2017). Between 2009 and 2017, he served as chairman of the parliamentary group; in this role, he succeeded Jörg Bode.

Member of the German Parliament, 2017–2025

Dürr first became a member of the German

in the 2017 elections, representing the Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land district. Within his parliamentary group, he chaired the Bundestag group of FDP parliamentarians from Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. He also served as one of six deputy chairpersons of the FDP parliamentary group under the leadership of its chairman Christian Lindner, where he oversaw the group's activities on finance and budget policy. Ahead of the 2021 elections, Dürr was elected to lead the FDP's campaign in Lower Saxony. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the

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(SPD), the

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and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Dürr led his party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and the

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; his co-chairs from the other parties were Doris Ahnen and Lisa Paus. In December 2021, Dürr was elected leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the

, succeeding Christian Lindner. In 2023, he was re-elected by 93 percent of his parliamentary group's members.

Other activities

Government agencies

* Institute for Federal Real Estate (BImA), Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)

Corporate boards

* Universum AG, Member of the Supervisory Board

Non-profits

* Bundesverband der Unternehmervereinigungen (BUV), Member of the Advisory Board *

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, Member

Political positions

In January 2022, Dürr told business magazine ''

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'' that Germany needs to attract 400,000 foreign workers a year.

References

External links

Official website
Members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony 1977 births Living people People from Delmenhorst Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany) {{Germany-FDP-politician-stub