Tino Sorge

Tino Sorge (born 4 March 1975) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2013.

Tino Sorge
Tino Sorge in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byRosemarie Hein
Personal details
Born (1975-03-04) 4 March 1975
Ilmenau, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Alma mater

Political career

Sorge first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Magdeburg district.[1] He is a member of the Health Committee.[2]

In addition to his committee assignments, Sorge is part of the der German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group, and the German-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Political positions

In June 2017, Sorge voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[3]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election, Sorge publicly endorsed in 2020 Jens Spahn to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.[4]

References
  1. "Tino Sorge". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. "German Bundestag - Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  4. 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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