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 Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
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 cons ...
, Boddenberg completed school in 1978. He took the (
Master
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exam) as a
butcher
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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
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in 1985. He was a member of the
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its ...
city council from 1993 to 1999. In 1999, he was elected to the
Landtag
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, the parliament of Hesse. In 2001, he became
Secretary General
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and managing director of the CDU in
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
in 2001, serving until 2009. He served as speaker of economic politics for the CDU
parliamentary group
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Parliamenta ...
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
Thomas Schäfer (; 22 February 1966 – 28 March 2020) was a German lawyer and politician for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He was Minister of Finance of Hesse between 2010 and 2020.
Early life and education
Schäfer was bo ...
. 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
President of Germany
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in
2022
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Goethe University Frankfurt
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, 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
Hessischer Rundfunk (HR; "Hesse Broadcasting") 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, ARD.
Studios
Do ...
(HR), Member of the Broadcasting Council
*
Rheingau Musik Festival
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