Michael Boddenberg (born 15 July 1959) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister of Finance of

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

since 3 April 2020.

Career

Born in

Troisdorf Troisdorf () is a city in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (district), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Troisdorf is located approximately 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn. Division of the city Troisdorf consi ...

, Boddenberg completed school in 1978. He took the (

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exam) as a

butcher A butcher is a person who may Animal slaughter, slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat, or participate within any combination of these three tasks. They may prepare standard cuts of meat and poultry for sale in retail or wholesale ...

in 1983. Boddenberg was a member of the management of Mainfrost from 1984 to 1989. He was managing director of Fleischfeinkost Schäfer from 1995 to 2002. Simultaneously, he directed the private school for butchers and bakers J. A. Heyne in Frankfurt from 1989 to 2009. He was managing director of the Boddenberg, Heyne & Partner GmbH from 1993 to 2009.

Political career

Boddenberg joined the

Christian Democratic Union of Germany The Christian Democratic Union of Germany ( , CDU ) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is the major party of the centre-right in German politics. Friedrich Merz has been federal chairman of the CDU since 31 ...

in 1985. He was a member of the

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city council from 1993 to 1999. In 1999, he was elected to the

Landtag A ''Landtag'' (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence ...

, the parliament of Hesse. In 2001, he became

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and managing director of the CDU in

in 2001, serving until 2009. He served as speaker of economic politics for the CDU

parliamentary group A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political party, political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller politic ...

from 2004 to 2009. Boddenberg was the Hessian State Minister for Federal Affairs and representative of Hesse to the federal government from 5 February 2009 to 18 January 2014, responsible for the relationship of state and national government. He then became the head of the CDU parliamentary group in the Landtag. On 31 March 2020, Boddenberg was designated as State Minister of Finance in Hesse, succeeding Thomas Schäfer. He was sworn in on 3 April 2020. His successor as head of the CDU parliamentary group is Ines Claus. As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, he serves on the Finance Committee. Boddenberg was nominated by his party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

Other activities

Corporate boards

Fraport Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, commonly known as Fraport, is a German transport company which operates Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt am Main and holds interests in the operation of several other airports around the world. In the ...

, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020) * Central Cooperative of the European Meat Trade (ZENTRAG), Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Non-profit organizations

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Goethe University Frankfurt Goethe University Frankfurt () is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees * Leibniz Institute for Financial Research (SAFE), Member of the Policy CouncilPolicy Council
Leibniz Institute for Financial Research (SAFE). *

Hessischer Rundfunk (; "Hesse Broadcasting"), shortened to HR (; stylized as hr), is the German state of Hesse's public broadcasting corporation. Headquartered in Frankfurt, it is a member of the national consortium of German public broadcasting corporations, A ...

(HR), Member of the Broadcasting Council *

Rheingau Musik Festival The (RMF) is an international summer music festival in Germany, founded in 1987. It is mostly for classical music, but includes other genres. Concerts take place at culturally important locations, such as Eberbach Abbey and Schloss Johannisberg, ...

, Member of the Supervisory Board

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boddenberg, Michael 1959 births 21st-century German politicians Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians German butchers Living people Members of the Landtag of Hesse Ministers of finance of Hesse Ministers of the Hesse State Government People from Troisdorf Politicians from North Rhine-Westphalia