Max Straubinger (born 12 August 1954) is a German politician of the

Christian Social Union in Bavaria The Christian Social Union in Bavaria ( German: , CSU) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. Having a regionalist identity, the CSU operates only in Bavaria while its larger counterpart, the Christian Democra ...

(CSU) who has been serving as a member of the

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from the state of

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from 1994 to 2025.

Political career

Straubinger first became a member of the Bundestag in the

1994 German federal election The 1994 German federal election was held in Germany on 16 October 1994 to elect the members of the 13th Bundestag. The CDU/CSU alliance led by Helmut Kohl remained the largest faction in parliament, with Kohl remaining Chancellor in a narrowly ...

. He was a member of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs and the Committee for Food and Agriculture. In 2014, Straubinger co-chaired the CSU’s convention in Munich. In January 2024, Straubinger announced that he would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.Markus Schön (27 January 2024)
Nach 31 Jahren ist Schluss: MdB Max Straubinger (CSU) kandidiert nicht mehr für den Bundestag
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