Olav Gutting

Olav Gutting (born 14 October 1970) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2014.

Olav Gutting
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2002
Personal details
Born (1970-10-14) 14 October 1970
Bruchsal, West Germany
(now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
NationalityGermany
Political party German:
CDU
 EU:
European People's Party
Alma materUniversity of Mannheim

Early life and education

Gutting was born 1970 in the West German town of Bruchsal and studied jurisprudence at the University of Mannheim. [1]

Political career

In 2001 Gutting entered the CDU and became already in 2002 nominee of his party in the electoral ward of Bruchsal – Schwetzingen. He has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2002 elections, representing Bruchsal – Schwetzingen.[2]

In parliament, Gutting has been serving on the Finance Committee. Within the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, he has been part of the leadership since 2013, under successive chairmen Volker Kauder (2013-2018) and Ralph Brinkhaus (since 2018). He was one of the MPs who voted for Brinkhaus to oust Kauder in 2018.[3] Later that year, he ran for the post of deputy chairman but lost against Andreas Jung.[4][5]

Other activities

  • KfW, Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2019)[6]

Political positions

Within the CDU, Gutting is regarded as critic of Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to enter into a coalition government with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) after the 2017 elections.[7] In June 2017, he voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[8] In early 2020, he co-founded an informal cross-party group of MPs from the CDU, CSU and FDP parties who opposed a potential coalition government between CDU/CSU and the Green Party.[9]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election, Gutting publicly endorsed in 2020 Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair;[10] he later also expressed support for a candidacy of Jens Spahn.[11]

References

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