Michael Kretschmer

Michael Kretschmer
MdL MdBR
Michael Kretschmer MdL MdBR
	Kretschmer in 2024
Deputy Leader of the; Christian Democratic Union
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 31 January 2022 Serving with Silvia Breher, Andreas Jung, Carsten Linnemann, Karin Prien
Leader	Friedrich Merz
Preceded by	Volker Bouffier
Minister-President of Saxony
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 December 2017
Deputy	Petra Köpping
Preceded by	Stanislaw Tillich
Leader of the; Christian Democratic Union of Saxony
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 December 2017
General Secretary	Alexander Dierks
Deputy	Barbara Klepsch; Christian Hartmann; Thomas Schmidt
Preceded by	Stanislaw Tillich
General Secretary of the; Christian Democratic Union of Saxony
	In office; 1 December 2004 – 9 December 2017
Leader	Georg Milbradt; Stanislaw Tillich
Preceded by	Hermann Winkler
Succeeded by	Alexander Dierks
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the; Landtag of Saxony ; for Görlitz 2
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 October 2019
Preceded by	Octavian Ursu
Member of the Bundestag ; for Görlitz; (Löbau-Zittau – Görlitz – Niesky; 2002–2005)
	In office; 17 October 2002 – 24 October 2017
Preceded by	Georg Janovsky
Succeeded by	Tino Chrupalla
Personal details
Born	Michael Kretschmer; 7 May 1975; Görlitz, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (since 1989)
Spouse	; Annett Hoffmann (m. 2020)
Children	2
Residence(s)	Dresden-Klotzsche; Waltersdorf
Alma mater	Dresden University of Applied Sciences;
Website	michaelkretschmer.de

Michael Kretschmer (born 7 May 1975) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister President of Saxony since December 2017. Since 2022, he has been one of four deputy chairs of the CDU, under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz.