Stefan Müller (born 3 September 1975) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) 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 2002 to 31 May 2024. In addition to his parliamentary mandate, Müller served as one of two Parliamentary State Secretaries at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the

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from 2013 until 2018.

Political career

Müller became a member of the Bundestag in the

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, representing the

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district. In parliament, he has served on the Finance Committee (2002-2005); the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs (2005-2009); the Committee for Education, Research and Technology Assessment (2005-2009); and the Subcommittee on European Affairs (2005-2009). In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Cono Sur States. In the negotiations to form a

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following the 2009 federal elections, Müller was part of the working group on education and research, led by

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and

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. From 2009 until 2013 and since 2018, Müller has served on the Council of Elders, which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigns committee chairpersons based on party representation. In the negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Müller led the working group on education policy, alongside

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (; Kramp; born 9 August 1962), sometimes referred to by her initials of AKK, is a retired German politician who served as Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany), Minister of Defence from 2019 to 2021 and as Leader of th ...

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and Hubertus Heil. Also since 2018, he has been a member of the parliamentary executive of the CSU state group.

Later career

In December 2023, Müller announced that he would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by mid-2024 to become the president of the Bavarian Association of Cooperative Banks (GVB).

Other activities

Corporate boards

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, Member of the Supervisory Board (2018-2019) *

DZ Bank DZ Bank AG () is the second largest bank in Germany by asset size and the central institution for around 700 cooperative banks and their around 7,200 branch offices. Within that Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken, w ...

, Member of the Advisory Board (2009-2013) * Nürnberger Krankenversicherung, Member of the Supervisory Board (2009-2013)

Non-profit organizations

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

(FAU), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2009) * Bavarian Research Center for Interreligious Discourses (BaFID), Member of the Board of Trustees * German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF), Member of the Board of Trustees (2014-2018)Board of Trustees
German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF). *

German Institute for Economic Research The German Institute for Economic Research (), or, more commonly DIWBerlin, is a economic research institute in Germany, involved in economic research and policy advice. According to Repec, it is among the top-10 percent of non-profit economic ...

(DIW), Member of the Board of Trustees (2014-2018) *

Stiftung Lesen Stiftung Lesen (Reading Foundation) is a non-profit organization based in Mainz, Germany under the patronage of Joachim Gauck. Stiftung Lesen acts as a stakeholder for reading promotion on a national and international level. It contributes to rea ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees (2014-2018) * Confucius Institute Nuremberg, Member of the Board of Trustees (2009-2013) *

Franconian International School The Franconian International School (FIS) is an international school based in Erlangen serving the Nuremberg metropolitan area community in Germany. History The Franconian International School (FIS) was founded in 1998 to serve the needs of a ...

(FIS), Member of the Board of Trustees (2009-2013)

References

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Bundestag biography
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