Moritz Oppelt | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Justice and Migration for Baden-Württemberg | |
| Assumed office 13 May 2026 | |
| Minister-President | Cem Özdemir |
| Preceded by | Marion Gentges |
| In office 26 October 2021 – 25 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Nina Warken |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 February 1989 Heidelberg, West Germany |
| Party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Mannheim |
Moritz Oppelt (born 4 February 1989 in Heidelberg) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister for Justice and Migration in the government of Minister-President Cem Özdemir of Baden-Württemberg since 2025. From 2021 to 2025, he was a member of the Bundestag, the federal diet.
Oppelt was born 1989 in the West German city of Heidelberg and studied law and economics at the University of Mannheim.
From October 2017 to March 2018, he worked as a legal assistant for notaries in Wiesloch. Since March 2018, he has been a lawyer in the tax administration of the state of Baden-Württemberg. Most recently, he was head of a department in the tax investigation unit.
Oppelt entered the CDU in 2007 and was elected directly to the Bundestag in 2021.
Oppelt is a member of the non-partisan Europa-Union Deutschland, which advocates for a federal Europe and the European integration process.
Oppelt lives in Neckargemünd, is married and the father of two children.