Olav Gutting
Olav Gutting | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2002 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bruchsal, West Germany (now Germany) | 14 October 1970
Citizenship | German |
Nationality | Germany |
Political party | German: CDU EU: European People's Party |
Alma mater | University of Mannheim |
Olav Gutting (born 14 October 1970) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2014.
Early life and education
Gutting was born 1970 in the West German town of Bruchsal and studied jurisprudence at the University of Mannheim. [1]
Political career
In 2001 Gutting entered the CDU and became already in 2002 nominee of his party in the electoral ward of Bruchsal – Schwetzingen. He has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2002 elections, representing Bruchsal – Schwetzingen.[2]
In parliament, Gutting has been serving on the Finance Committee. Within the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, he has been part of the leadership since 2013, under successive chairmen Volker Kauder (2013-2018) and Ralph Brinkhaus (since 2018). He was one of the MPs who voted for Brinkhaus to oust Kauder in 2018.[3] Later that year, he ran for the post of deputy chairman but lost against Andreas Jung.[4][5]
Other activities
Political positions
Within the CDU, Gutting is regarded as critic of Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to enter into a coalition government with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) after the 2017 elections.[7] In June 2017, he voted against Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[8] In early 2020, he co-founded an informal cross-party group of MPs from the CDU, CSU and FDP parties who opposed a potential coalition government between CDU/CSU and the Green Party.[9]
References
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Olav Gutting". Deutscher Bundestag.
- ^ "Olav Gutting". CDU/CSU-Fraktion.
- ^ Guy Chazan (September 26 2018), Merkel’s loss of right-hand man represents unprecedented revolt Financial Times.
- ^ Beate Tenfelde (October 9, 2018), Wieder eine Kampfkandidatur: Ein Hauch von Anarchie in der CDU Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
- ^ Andreas Jung zum neuen Unionsfraktions-Vize gewählt Der Spiegel, October 9, 2018.
- ^ 2018 Annual Report: Report of the Board of Supervisory Directors KfW.
- ^ Guy Chazan (February 7, 2018), German conservatives smart at coalition concessions Financial Times.
- ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
- ^ „Liberal-konservativer Kreis“: Bundestagsabgeordnete bilden neues Forum Deutschlandfunk, January 4, 2020.