Alois Rainer (politician, born 1965)

Alois Georg Josef Rainer (born 7 January 1965) is a German butcher and politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013.

Alois Rainer
Alois Rainer in 2013
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1965-01-07) 7 January 1965
Straubing, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCSU

Political career

Born in Straubing, Rainer first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[1] In parliament, he served on the Budget Committee and the Audit Committee from 2013 until 2019; in this capacity, he was his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. Since 2019, he has been a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure, where he is his parliamentary group’s spokesperson.[2]

Political positions

In June 2017, Rainer voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[3]

Personal life

Rainer is the younger brother of fellow politician Gerda Hasselfeldt.[4]

References
  1. "Alois Rainer". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. "German Bundestag - Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  4. Robert Roßmann (August 20, 2013), Eine Familie in der Politik: Die Hasselfeldts Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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