Christoph Ploß
Ploß in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
for Hamburg-Nord
Assumed office
8 December 2021
Member of the Bundestag
for Hamburg-Nord
In office
24 October 2017 – 8 December 2021
Preceded byDirk Fischer
Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Hamburg
In office
26 September 2020 – 3 April 2023
Preceded byRoland Heintze
Succeeded byDennis Thering
Personal details
Born (1985-07-19) 19 July 1985
Hamburg, West Germany
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg

Christoph Ploß (born 19 July 1985) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hamburg since 2017.

Early life

Ploß completed his abitur at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums in 2005.[1] From 2015 until 2017, he worked in media relations at Bauer Media Group.

Political career

Ploß became a member of the Bundestag after the 2017 German federal election. He is a member of the Committee on European Affairs and the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure.[2][3]

In addition to his committee assignments, Ploß has been chairing the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East since 2022.

In 2020, Roland Heintze proposed Ploß as candidate to succeed him as chairman of the CDU in Hamburg;[4] at a party convention, Ploß was subsequently elected by a majority of 86 percent.[5] Ahead of the 2021 elections, Ploß was elected to lead the CDU campaign in Hamburg.[6]

Ploß stepped down as chairman in April 2023 and passed the chairmanship to Dennis Thering, who was elected by the party members with 185 out of 197 votes. 8 delegates voted against him, 4 abstained.[7] Ploß remains chairman of the regional group of the CDU in the Bundestag and chairman of the CDU Hamburg's regional association CDU Hamburg-Nord.[8]

Political positions

In 2020, Ploß opposed plans to introduce a mandatory women quota within the CDU's regional and national governing bodies by 2025.[9][10]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats' leadership election, Ploß publicly endorsed in 2020 Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "'Gendern ist der falsche Weg'". Hamburger Wochenblatt. Funke Hamburg Wochenblatt GmbH. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "German Bundestag – Committee on European Union Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "German Bundestag – Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Jörn Lauterbach (28 July 2020), Kandidatur für Landesvorsitz: Hamburgs CDU setzt auf Ploß und eine weitere Verjüngung Die Welt.
  5. ↑ Peter Ulrich Meyer (26 September 2020) Christoph Ploß ist neuer Vorsitzender der Hamburger CDU Hamburger Abendblatt.
  6. ↑ Hamburger CDU wählt Kandidatenliste für die Bundestagswahl Norddeutscher Rundfunk, 29 May 2021.
  7. ↑ NDR. "Hamburger CDU wählt Thering zum neuen Landesvorsitzenden". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Paukenschlag in Hamburg: Dennis Thering löst Christoph Ploß als CDU-Landeschef ab - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  9. ↑ Andreas Rinke (8 July 2020), Merkel's Christian Democrats aim to fill half key party posts with women by 2025 Reuters.
  10. ↑ Florian Gathmann (8 July 2020), Frauenquote: CDU-Bundestagsabgeordnete kritisieren Quotenbeschluss Der Spiegel.
  11. ↑ Christoph Ploß: "Friedrich Merz ist gerade nach der Coronakrise der richtige Mann" Die Welt, 20 September 2020.
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