Tino Sorge (born 4 March 1975) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...

from the state of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

since 2013.

Political career

Sorge first became a member of the Bundestag in the

2013 German federal election Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian ...

, representing the

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district. He is a member of the Health Committee. Since the

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, Sorge has been serving as his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for health policy. In addition to his committee assignments, Sorge is part of the der German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group, and the German-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Political positions

In June 2017, Sorge voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of

same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same Legal sex and gender, sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being ...

. Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election, Sorge publicly endorsed in 2020

Jens Spahn Jens Georg Spahn (born 16 May 1980) is a German politician who served as Federal Minister of Health in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. A member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he has been ...

to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.

Controversy

In 2022, German tabloid ''

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'' reported Sorge was absent from parliament on several session days in September 2020 and attended an intensive course at a hunting school during this time.Inga Frenser (20 January 2022)
CDU-Gesundheitsexperte fehlte im Bundestag: Jagdkurs statt Bundestagsdebatte
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''.

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Bundestag biography
1975 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Saxony-Anhalt Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 People from Ilmenau Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub