Christian Haase | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1966-05-06) 6 May 1966 (age 58) Höxter, West Germany (now Germany) |
Political party | CDU |
Christian Haase (born 6 May 1966) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.[1]
Haase became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Höxter and Lippe districts.[2] He is a member of the Budget Committee and its Subcommittee on European Affairs.[3] Since the 2021 elections, Haase has been serving as his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for the national budget.[4] In 2022, he also joined the parliamentary body charged with overseeing a 100 billion euro special fund to strengthen Germany’s armed forces.
In addition to his committee assignments, Haase chairs the German-Egyptian Parliamentary Friendship Group and is a member of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Northern Adriatic States.
In June 2017, Haase voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[5]
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Haase publicly endorsed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Angela Merkel as the party’s chair.[6]