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{{short description|German politician}}
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| name = Marian Wendt
| name = Marian Wendt
| office = Member of the [[Bundestag]]
| office = [[Member of the Bundestag]]
| image = File:2014-09-09 - Marian Wendt MdB - 7031.jpg
| image = File:2020-02-14 Marian Wendt (KPFC) 01.jpg
| caption = Marian Wendt in 2014
| caption = Marian Wendt in 2020
| term_start = [[2013 German federal election|2013]]
| term_start = [[2013 German federal election|2013]]
| term_end =
| term_end = [[2021 German federal election|2021]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|6|9}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|6|9}}
| birth_place = [[Torgau]], [[East Germany]]<br />{{small|(now Germany)}}
| birth_place = [[Torgau]], [[East Germany]]<br />{{small|(now Germany)}}
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| constituency = [[Nordsachsen (electoral district)|North Saxony]]
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'''Marian Wendt''' (born 9 June 1985) is a German politician. Born in [[Torgau]], [[Saxony]], he represents the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]. Marian Wendt has served as a member of the [[Bundestag]] from the state of [[Saxony]] since 2013.
'''Marian Wendt''' (born 9 June 1985) is a German politician of the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU) who served as a member of the [[Bundestag]] from the state of [[Saxony]] from 2013 until 2021.


== Life ==
== Political career ==
He became member of the bundestag after the [[2013 German federal election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cducsu.de/abgeordnete/marian-wendt|title=Marian Wendt|website=CDU/CSU-Fraktion|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref> He is a member of the Committee on Petitions and the Committee on Home Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a02|title=German Bundestag - Petitions|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a04|title=German Bundestag - Committee on Internal Affairs and Community|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>
Wendt became a member of the Bundestag in the [[2013 German federal election]], representing [[Nordsachsen (electoral district)|North Saxony]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cducsu.de/abgeordnete/marian-wendt|title=Marian Wendt|website=CDU/CSU-Fraktion|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref> He was a member of the Committee on Petitions and the Committee on Internal Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a02|title=German Bundestag - Petitions|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a04|title=German Bundestag - Committee on Internal Affairs and Community|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref> From 2018, he was also a member of the Committee for the Scrutiny of Acoustic Surveillance of the Private Home. He served as his parliamentary group’s [[rapporteur]] on [[extremism|political extremism]] and the [[EU–US Privacy Shield]].

In addition to his committee assignments, Wendt was part of the German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South-Eastern Europe and the Berlin-Taipei Parliamentary Circle of Friends.

In September 2020, Wendt announced that he would not stand in the [[2021 German federal election|2021 federal elections]] but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.<ref>[https://www.lvz.de/Region/Delitzsch/Paukenschlag-in-Nordsachsen-Politik-Bundestagsabgeordneter-Marian-Wendt-kuendigt-Rueckzug-an Paukenschlag in Nordsachsen-Politik: Marian Wendt kündigt Rückzug an] ''[[Leipziger Volkszeitung]]'', September 2, 2020.</ref>

== Political positions ==
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ [[2018 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election|leadership election]] in 2018, Wendt publicly endorsed [[Friedrich Merz]] to succeed [[Angela Merkel]] as the party’s chair. For the [[2021 German federal election|2021 national elections]], he later endorsed [[Markus Söder]] as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Merkel as Germany's chancellor.<ref>Anna Clauß, Jörg Diehl, Florian Gathmann, Kevin Hagen, Christoph Hickmann, Timo Lehmann and Veit Medick (April 2, 2021), [https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/armin-laschet-und-markus-soeder-im-machtkampf-um-kanzlerkandidatur-wer-wird-s-a-ce955968-0002-0001-0000-000176982976 Immer mehr CDU-Abgeordnete wollen Söder als Kanzlerkandidaten: War's das für Laschet?] ''[[Der Spiegel]]''.</ref>


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 16:11, 25 August 2024

Marian Wendt
Marian Wendt in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2013–2021
ConstituencyNorth Saxony
Personal details
Born (1985-06-09) 9 June 1985 (age 39)
Torgau, East Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyCDU

Marian Wendt (born 9 June 1985) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony from 2013 until 2021.

Political career

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Wendt became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing North Saxony.[1] He was a member of the Committee on Petitions and the Committee on Internal Affairs.[2][3] From 2018, he was also a member of the Committee for the Scrutiny of Acoustic Surveillance of the Private Home. He served as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on political extremism and the EU–US Privacy Shield.

In addition to his committee assignments, Wendt was part of the German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South-Eastern Europe and the Berlin-Taipei Parliamentary Circle of Friends.

In September 2020, Wendt announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[4]

Political positions

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Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Wendt publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Angela Merkel as the party’s chair. For the 2021 national elections, he later endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Merkel as Germany's chancellor.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Marian Wendt". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. ^ "German Bundestag - Petitions". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on Internal Affairs and Community". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. ^ Paukenschlag in Nordsachsen-Politik: Marian Wendt kündigt Rückzug an Leipziger Volkszeitung, September 2, 2020.
  5. ^ Anna Clauß, Jörg Diehl, Florian Gathmann, Kevin Hagen, Christoph Hickmann, Timo Lehmann and Veit Medick (April 2, 2021), Immer mehr CDU-Abgeordnete wollen Söder als Kanzlerkandidaten: War's das für Laschet? Der Spiegel.
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