Paul Ziemiak
Paul Ziemiak | |
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| General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union | |
| In office 8 December 2018 – 31 January 2022 | |
| Leader | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Armin Laschet |
| Preceded by | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer |
| Succeeded by | Mario Czaja |
| Leader of the Young Union | |
| In office 20 September 2014 – 8 December 2018 | |
| National Secretary | Conrad Clemens Philipp Müller |
| Preceded by | Philipp Mißfelder |
| Succeeded by | Tilman Kuban |
| Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Christel Voßbeck-Kayser |
| Constituency | Märkischer Kreis II |
| In office 24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ingrid Fischbach |
| Succeeded by | multi-member district |
| Constituency | CDU List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paweł Ziemiak 6 September 1985 Szczecin, Polish People's Republic (now Poland) |
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| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (2001–) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Iserlohn |
| Alma mater | Osnabrück University (no degree) University of Münster (no degree) University of Europe for Applied Sciences (no degree) |
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| Website | Official website |
Paul Ziemiak (born 6 September 1985 as Paweł Ziemiak) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2017 federal election. In addition to his parliamentary work, he has been serving as the Secretary General of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia since 2022, under the leadership of chairman Hendrik Wüst.
Ziemiak previously was the party's General Secretary on the national level from 8 December 2018 to 31 January 2022, under the leadership of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Armin Laschet. From 2014 until 2018, he served as federal chairman of the Junge Union Deutschlands, in this capacity being a part of the CDU leadership under chairwoman Angela Merkel.