Stephan Stracke (born 1 April 1974) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2009.

Stephan Stracke
Stephan Stracke in 2013
Member of the Bundestag for Oberallgäu
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born (1974-04-01) 1 April 1974 (age 52)
PartyCSU
University of Augsburg

Political career

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Stracke first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election, elected with a mandate in Oberallgäu.[1] He is a member of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs.[2]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government following the 2013 federal elections, Stracke was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on health policy, led by Jens Spahn and Karl Lauterbach.

In April 2021, Stracke succeeded Georg Nüßlein as deputy chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Ralph Brinkhaus.[3]

Other activities

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  • Deutsche Renten Information (DRI), Member of the Advisory Board[4]

Political positions

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In June 2017, Stracke voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[5]

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