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
  1. "Deutscher Bundestag - Olav Gutting". Deutscher Bundestag.
  2. "Olav Gutting". CDU/CSU-Fraktion.
  3. Guy Chazan (September 26 2018), Merkel’s loss of right-hand man represents unprecedented revolt Financial Times.
  4. Beate Tenfelde (October 9, 2018), Wieder eine Kampfkandidatur: Ein Hauch von Anarchie in der CDU Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
  5. Andreas Jung zum neuen Unionsfraktions-Vize gewählt Der Spiegel, October 9, 2018.
  6. 2018 Annual Report: Report of the Board of Supervisory Directors KfW.
  7. Guy Chazan (February 7, 2018), German conservatives smart at coalition concessions Financial Times.
  8. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  9. „Liberal-konservativer Kreis“: Bundestagsabgeordnete bilden neues Forum Deutschlandfunk, January 4, 2020.
  10. Walter Serif (September 12, 2020), „Ich werde Merz wählen“ Mannheimer Morgen.
  11. Lukas Eberle, Florian Gathmann, Christoph Hickmann, Timo Lehmann, Veit Medick and Sabrina Winter (October 9, 2020), Kampf um CDU-Parteivorsitz: "Hinter Spahn können sich alle versammeln" Der Spiegel.
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