Benjamin Strasser

Benjamin Strasser (born 9 February 1987) is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2017.[1]

Benjamin Strasser
Benjamin Strasser in 2018
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1987-02-09) 9 February 1987
Weingarten, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyFDP
Alma materUniversity of Konstanz

Early life and career

Strasser attended the Realschule at the St. Konrad educational centre and the Wirtschaftsgymnasium in Ravensburg. After graduating from high school, he studied law at the University of Konstanz. He completed his legal studies in 2012 with the first state examination in law.

After his legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Stuttgart, which he completed with the second state examination in 2014, Strasser worked as a parliamentary advisor to Ulrich Goll in the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg. In this function he was also responsible for the parliament's inquiry into the National Socialist Underground (NSU). Since 2016 he has been a lawyer in Ravensburg.

Political career

Strasser became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election.[2] He is a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs.[3] In this capacity, he serves as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on the emergency services, including the Federal Police, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and emergency medical services, among others. In 2020, he became his parliamentary group’s spokesperson on religion and the fight against antisemitism.[4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Strasser co-chairs the German-Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group and is a member of the German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Amid a 2020 controversy about the FDP’s relationship with the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Strasser was appointed by Christian Lindner to chair the parliamentary group’s task force on developing strategies against right-wing populism.[5]

References
  1. "Benjamin Strasser | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  2. "Abgeordnete". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  3. "Deutscher Bundestag - Ausschuss für Inneres und Heimat". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  4. Strasser neuer religionspolitischer Sprecher der FDP Schwäbische Zeitung, May 6, 2020.
  5. Umgang mit der AfD: FDP will parlamentarische Abwehrstrategien entwickeln FDP, press release of February 25, 2020.
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