Carsten Linnemann
Carsten Linnemann | |
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Linnemann in 2025 | |
| General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union | |
| Assumed office 12 July 2023 Acting: 12 July 2023 – 6 May 2024 | |
| Deputy | Christina Stumpp |
| Leader | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Mario Czaja |
| Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union | |
| In office 20 January 2022 – 6 May 2024 | |
| Leader | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Jens Spahn |
| Succeeded by | Karl-Josef Laumann |
| Member of the Bundestag for Paderborn | |
| Assumed office 27 October 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Gerhard Wächter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carsten Christoffer Linnemann 10 August 1977 Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (current-day Germany) |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
Carsten Christoffer Linnemann (born 10 August 1977) is a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2009 election, representing the constituency of Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia.
From 2022, Linnemann was one of five deputy chairs of the CDU, under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz. In 2024 he became CDU general secretary after having assumed the position in an acting capacity the year prior; in 2025 he held on to the secretariat rather than becoming a member of the new goverrnment. From 2013 until 2021, Linnemann had been the chairman of the Mittelstands- und Wirtschaftsunion (MIT), the pro-business wing in the CDU/CSU.