Josef Rief

Josef Rief
Rief in 2013
In office
27 October 2009 – 25 March 2025
Preceded byFranz Romer
Succeeded byWolfgang Dahler
Personal details
Born (1960-04-13) 13 April 1960 (age 66)
Illertissen, West Germany
PartyChristian Democratic Union
Children3

Josef Rief (born 13 April 1960) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2009.

Political career

Rief became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election. He is a member of the Budget Committee and the Committee for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In this capacity, he serves as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of Health.

In addition to his committee assignments, Rief has been a substitute member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2018. In this capacity, he serves on the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development and the Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter. In 2024 Rief announced, that he isn't seeking re-election for Bundestag.

Political positions

In June 2017, Rief voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.

References

  1. ↑ "Josef Rief". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "German Bundestag - Budget". German Bundestag. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "German Bundestag - Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth". German Bundestag. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Josef Rief Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  5. ↑ Gerd Mägerle (2 October 2024). "Josef Rief kandidiert nicht mehr für den Bundestag". schwaebische.de. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle". Die Welt. 30 June 2017.