Sepp Müller (born 22 January 1989) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the

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from the state of

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since 2017.

Political career

Müller first became a member of the Bundestag in the

2017 German federal election The 2017 German federal election was held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the List of members of the 19th Bundestag, members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag, as well as 111 Overhang seat, overhan ...

, representing the

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district. From 2018 to 2021, he was a member of the Finance Committee. Since the 2021 elections, Müller has been serving as one of his parliamentary group's deputy chairs, under the leadership of successive chairs

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(2021–2022) and

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(2022–present). In this capacity, he oversees the group’s legislative activities on health policy, sports and petitions. He was appointed to the role after he won an internal vote against Christian Hirte. Within the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, he has also been leading the group of CDU parliamentarians from Saxony-Anhalt since 2021.

Political positions

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’

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in December 2021, Müller publicly endorsed

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to succeed

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as the party’s chair.

Personal life

Amid the

COVID-19 pandemic in Germany The COVID-19 pandemic in Germany has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths. On 27 January 2020, the first case in Germany was confirmed near Munich, Bavaria. By mid February, the arising cluster of cases had been fully contained ...

, Müller volunteered at his local

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to help with

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. Müller has been in a relationship with fellow politician Wolfgang Stefinger since 2022.Merkur.de: Stefinger und Müller outen sich: Erstes schwules Paar in Unions-Fraktion mit Coming-Out
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'', January 2023

References

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Bundestag biography
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