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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Donald Tusk
- President
- Donald Tusk, Himself
- Born
- ( 1972-07-14 ) 14 July 1972 (age 53) , Niederhatzkofen , West Germany
- Party
- Christian Social Union
- Education
- Munich University of Applied Sciences
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Manfred
- Family name
- Weber
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of the European Parliament
- Educated at
- Munich University of Applied Sciences
- Employer
- European People's Party Group
- Political party
- Christian Social Union of Bavaria
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2019 European Parliament election
- Field of work
- politics
- Official website
- manfredweber.eu
- Image
- Manfred Weber MEP (2024).jpg
- Work location
- Brussels
- Residence
- Wildenberg
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- Commons category
- Manfred Weber
- date of birth
- 1972-07-14
- name in native language
- Manfred Weber
- candidacy in election
- 2019 European Parliament election in Germany
- social media followers
- 54149
- P10632
- Manfred Weber
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
Manfred Weber (born 14 July 1972) is a German politician who has been serving as President of the European People's Party (EPP) since 2022 and as Leader of the EPP Group in the European Parliament since 2014. He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany since 2004. He is a member of the Christian Social Union (CSU), part of the European People's Party.
In the 2003 Bavarian state elections, Weber became the state's youngest parliamentarian at the age of 31. Currently heading the European People's Party Group, he was the youngest group leader in the Parliament at the time of his appointment in 2014, as well as the youngest-ever group leader of the EPP. Weber is known as a moderate politician and power broker in EU politics.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manfred Weber” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.