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Jens Spahn is a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union. Born in Ahaus, Germany, he is a member of the German Bundestag and works in Berlin. His occupations include political scientist and bank teller. Spahn is a member of the Young Union and speaks German and English. He has participated in several German presidential elections, including those in 2004, 2009, 2010, and 2012, and was a candidate in the 2013 and 2017 German federal elections.
Spahn was educated at the FernUniversität in Hagen. He is an author with works including "Deutsche Bundestag und Europa." As a member of the Catholic Church, he has stated that the health of the population due to COVID-19 outbreaks takes precedence over economic interest.
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- Deutsche Bundestag und Europa
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Ahaus, Germany
Jens Spahn is a German politician. He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2002 and the leader of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group since May 2025.
Known for
- Pinar Atalay — Self2025
- Caren Miosga — Self2024
- Amado, Belli, Biedermann2024
- Second Move Kills - 5 Jahre mit Jens Spahn — Self2022
- Schockwellen. Nachrichten aus der Pandemie — Self2021
- Zervakis & Opdenhövel. Live. — Self2021
- BILD LIVE — Self2021
- Nachbericht aus Berlin — Self2020
- #beisenherz — Self2020
- Maischberger — Self2019
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Key facts
- First deputy
- Alexander Hoffmann
- Chief whip
- Steffen Bilger
- Preceded by
- Friedrich Merz
- Chancellor
- Angela Merkel
- Succeeded by
- Karl Lauterbach
- Leader
- Armin Laschet
- Minister
- Wolfgang Schäuble , Peter Altmaier (acting)
- Born
- Jens Georg Spahn , ( 1980-05-16 ) 16 May 1980 (age 46) , Ahaus , North Rhine-Westphalia , West Germany , (now Germany)
- Party
- CDU (since 1997)
- Spouse
- Daniel Funke ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2017 )
- Alma mater
- University of Hagen ( BA , MA )
- Occupation
- Politician Bank teller Lobbyist
- Website
- Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Georg
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Ahaus
- Occupation
- bank teller
- Position held
- member of the German Bundestag
- Educated at
- FernUniversität in Hagen
- Political party
- Christian Democratic Union
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Academic degree
- Master of Arts
- Field of work
- political science
- Official website
- www.jens-spahn.de
- Image
- 2023-03-06-Jens Spahn-hart aber fair-4204.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- Commons category
- Jens Spahn
- date of birth
- 1980-01-01
- biography at the Bundestag of Germany URL
- www.bundestag.de/webarchiv/abgeordnete/biografien19/S/spahn_jens-523750
- name in native language
- Jens Spahn
- candidacy in election
- 2017 German federal election
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- hashtag
- Spahn
- catalog code
- 11003638
- medical condition
- COVID-19
- social media followers
- 273145
- P10632
- Jens Spahn
- affiliation string
- Federal Minister of Health of Germany
- number of viewers/listeners
- 990173
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Encyclopedic overview
Jens Georg Spahn (born 16 May 1980) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a member of the Bundestag (German: Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages, MdB), for Steinfurt I – Borken I since 2002. Since 2025, he has been leading the joint CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group in the 21st Bundestag, making him the majority leader. He served as Federal Minister of Health in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021, including during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
At the time of his first election in 2002, Spahn – at age 22 – was the youngest member of the CDU in the German parliament. He has since been one of the main sponsors of pension reform in Germany. He was a member of the Committee of Health of the 17th Bundestag and the CDU/CSU parliamentary group's spokesperson on health.
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