Michael Meister

Michael Meister
Meister in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
16 October 1994
Personal details
Born (1961-06-09) 9 June 1961
Lorsch, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyCDU
Alma materTechnical University of Darmstadt

Michael Günther Meister (born 9 June 1961) is a German mathematician and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state Hesse since 1994.

In addition to his parliamentary work, Meister has been serving as Minister of State for Federal-State Relations in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025. From 2018 until 2021 he served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.