Kai Whittaker (born 10 April 1985)[1][2] is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and member of the Bundestag since 2013.
Kai Whittaker | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 April 1985 Baden-Baden, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol London School of Economics |
| Website | www.whittaker.de |
Education and early career
editBorn in Baden-Baden to a British father and German mother,[1] Whittaker completed his Abitur at the Markgraf-Ludwig-Gymnasium in 2004. Following his Zivildienst, he studied Economics and Management at the University of Bristol, graduating in 2008.[1] After a year working for Leoni AG, Whittaker then pursued a master's degree in European Political Economy at the London School of Economics, graduating in 2010.[1] Between 2011 and 2013, he worked for Herrenknecht.
Political career
editWhittaker was directly elected to the Bundestag in 2013 with 53.5% of the vote in the Rastatt district.[3] He has since been a member of the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs, serving as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on public procurement, social welfare and the effects of digitization of work.[4] In 2018, he also joined the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Sustainable Development.
Positions
editIn June 2017, Whittaker voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[5][6]
Ahead of the 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election, Whittaker publicly endorsed Norbert Röttgen to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party’s chair.[7]
He is a member of the Union der Mitte, a centrist caucus of the CDU.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Lebenslauf". www.whittaker.de (in German). Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Biografien: Kai Whittaker, CDU/CSU" (in German). Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Kai Whittaker möchte wieder in den Bundestag". www.bnn.de (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Lars Petersen (November 4, 2014), CDU degradiert eigenen Abgeordneten B.Z..
- ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
- ^ Bernhard Walker (June 30, 2017), Ehe für alle: Wie haben die Christdemokraten aus dem Südwesten abgestimmt? Badische Zeitung.
- ^ CDU-Machtkampf: Röttgen macht Ellen Demuth zur »Nummer zwei« Der Spiegel, December 3, 2020.
- ^ Germany, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart. "Tobias Bringmann von der Union der Mitte: "Wir wollen Lust auf Zukunft machen"". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-27.
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