Matthias Hauer
Hauer in 2017
Bundestag MP
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Preceded by	Petra Hinz, SPD
Constituency	district 120 / Essen III [de][1]
City Council member
In office 2004–2013
Constituency	Essen[2]
Personal details
Born	(1977-12-18) 18 December 1977 (age 46) Hattingen
Nationality	German
Political party	CDU
Alma mater	Ruhr University Bochum
Occupation	politician, lawyer (for banking and investments)[2]
Website	matthias-hauer.de

Matthias Hauer (born 18 December 1977) is a German lawyer and 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.^[3]

Political career

Hauer first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.^[4] He is a member of the Committee on the Digital Agenda (since 2018) and the Finances Committee (since 2013).^[5][6]

In addition to his committee assignments, Hauer is part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America.

Other activities

• Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), Member of the Administrative Council^[7]
• Sparkasse Essen, Member of the Supervisory Board
• Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld, Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees^[8]

Political positions

In June 2017, Hauer voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.^[9]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2021, Hauer publicly endorsed Armin Laschet to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party’s chair.^[10] For the 2021 national elections, he later supported Laschet as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.^[11]