Carsten Brodesser (born 5 September 1967) is a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ...

from the state of

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since 2017.

Political career

Brodesser became a member of the Bundestag in the

2017 German federal election The 2017 German federal election was held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the List of members of the 19th Bundestag, members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag, as well as 111 Overhang seat, overhan ...

, representing the

Oberbergischer Kreis The Oberbergischer Kreis (, ) is a ''Kreis'' (Districts of Germany, district) in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Ennepe-Ruhr, Märkischer Kreis, Olpe (district), Olpe, Altenkirchen (district), Altenkirchen, ...

district. He is a member of the Finance Committee.

Other activities

Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund The Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund () is a German federal fund to manage the financial endowment for long-term nuclear waste storage sites. The fund is organised as a trust and falls into the remit of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Ene ...

(KENFO), Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022) * Deutsche Renten Information (DRI), Member of the Advisory BoardAdvisory Board
Deutsche Renten Information (DRI).

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Bundestag biography
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