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Thorsten Frei
Frei in 2023
Leader of the CDU/CSU in the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 July 2026
First DeputyAlexander Hoffmann
Chief WhipSteffen Bilger
Preceded byJens Spahn
Head of the Chancellery
Minister for Special Affairs
In office
6 May 2025 – 29 July 2026
ChancellorFriedrich Merz
Preceded byWolfgang Schmidt
Succeeded byNina Warken
Chief Whip of the CDU/CSU group
in the Bundestag
In office
15 December 2021 – 5 May 2025
LeaderRalph Brinkhaus
Friedrich Merz
Preceded byMichael Grosse-Brömer
Succeeded bySteffen Bilger
Member of the Bundestag
for Schwarzwald-Baar
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 October 2013
Preceded bySiegfried Kauder
Mayor of Donaueschingen
In office
2004–2013
Preceded byBernhard Everke
Succeeded byErik Pauly
Personal details
Born (1973-08-08) 8 August 1973 (age 52)
Säckingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
(now Germany)
PartyChristian Democratic Union
Children3
EducationUniversity of Freiburg
OccupationLawyer • Professor • Politician
Military service
Allegiance Germany
Branch/service Bundeswehr
Years of service
1993–1994
Unit Franco-German Brigade

Thorsten Frei (born 8 August 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Head of the Federal Chancellery in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz from May 2025 to July 2026.[1]

Frei has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2013.[2]

Political career

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Frei became mayor of Donaueschingen in 2004, a position he relinquished when he first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[3] From 2013 until 2017, he was a member of the Committee on European Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention.

From 2018 to 2021, Frei served as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Volker Kauder. In this capacity, he coordinated the group's legislative activities on consumer protection, domestic affairs, sports, and minorities. He also served on the Committee on the Election of Judges (Wahlausschuss), which is in charge of appointing judges to the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

From 2021 to 2025, Frei was his parliamentary group's chief whip, under the leadership of successive chairs Ralph Brinkhaus (2021–2022) and Friedrich Merz (2022–2025).[4][5]

In addition to his committee assignments, Frei chaired the German-Swiss Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Other activities

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References

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  1. ↑ Thomas Escritt (5 May 2025), Who's who in Germany's new cabinet? Reuters.
  2. ↑ "Thorsten Frei | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  3. ↑ "Der Pragmatiker aus der Kommunalpolitik" [The pragmatist from local politics]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 2024-09-12. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  4. ↑ Florian Gathmann (1 January 2022), Neuer Unionsfraktionsmanager Thorsten Frei: Auf den Spuren eines Sozis Der Spiegel.
  5. ↑ Unions-Fraktion: Spahn will Bilger aus BW als Parlamentarischen Geschäftsführer Südwestrundfunk, 29 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Appointment of Thorsten Frei as Member of the Munich Security Conference Foundation Council Munich Security Conference, press release of 29 July 2025.
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