Mike Mohring (politician)

Mike Mohring (born 22 December 1971) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Mike Mohring
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in Thuringia
Assumed office
13 December 2014
DeputyBirgit Diezel
Christian Hirte
Mario Voigt
Preceded byChristine Lieberknecht
Leader of the CDU Group in the Landtag of Thuringia
In office
8 May 2008 – 7 February 2020
Preceded byChristine Lieberknecht
Member of the Landtag of Thuringia
Assumed office
13 June 2004
ConstituencyWeimarer Land I - Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III
In office
12 September 1999 – 13 June 2004
ConstituencyCDU List
Personal details
Born (1971-12-22) 22 December 1971
Apolda, East Germany
Political partyNew Forum (1989-1993)
Christian Democratic Union (1993–present)
Alma materFrankfurt School of Finance & Management

Early life and education

Mohring grew up in the GDR. On a scholarship of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, he studied law at the University of Jena, without completing the degree. He later completed a double degree program in international business and tax law at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and the MCI Management Center Innsbruck from 2007 until 2009.

Political career

Career in state politics

Mohring started his political career during the fall of the Berlin Wall by joining the New Forum. In 1993 he became a member of the CDU.

Mohring was first elected to the Landtag in the 1999 state elections. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Internal Affairs (1999-2004) and on the Budget Committee (1999-2009). From 2008, he chaired the CDU parliamentary group.

In 2014, Mohring became leader of his party in Thuringia. He was reelected in 2016.[1] In this capacity, he led the party's campaign for the 2019 state elections.

Role in national politics

On the national level, Mohring served as a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2009, 2010 and 2012.[2]

In the negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Mohring was part of the working group on economic affairs, led by Thomas Strobl, Alexander Dobrindt and Brigitte Zypries. In 2019, he was appointed by the leaders of CDU and CSU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Markus Söder, to the parties’ ad-hoc steering group on climate policy.[3]

In September 2020, Mohring announced that he would run for a parliamentary seat in the 2021 national elections.[4]

Other activities

Political positions

In October 2015, amid the European migrant crisis, Mohring visited a refugee camp in Lebanon to learn more about the plight of Syrians fleeing the violence in the ongoing Syrian civil war that erupted in 2011; he subsequently demanded more German support for Syria's neighbors.[6]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Mohring publicly opposed Friedrich Merz's candidacy to succeed Angela Merkel as the party’s chair.[7]

References
  1. CDU - LV Thüringen. "CDU Thüringen Die Thüringenpartei - Mike Mohring als Landesvorsitzender bestätigt". www.cdu-thueringen.de. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  2. Ordentliche Mitglieder der 15. Bundesversammlung Bundestag.
  3. Unions-Fahrplan für Klimakonzept - Beschluss am 16. September geplant Focus, June 26, 2019.
  4. Mike Mohring will als CDU-Direktkandidat in den Bundestag Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, September 9, 2020.
  5. Broadcasting Council Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR).
  6. Annekarin Lammers (September 22, 2015), Mohring reist zu syrischen Flüchtlingen in den Libanon Die Welt, October 25, 2015.
  7. Kristina Dunz (October 30, 2018), Interview mit Mike Mohring: "Merz ist Mythos" Rheinische Post.
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