13 Facts About Andreas Scheuer

Andreas Franz Scheuer was born on 26 September 1974 and is a German politician of the Christian Social Union party.

Andreas Scheuer was member of the German Bundestag from 2002 until 2024.

Andreas Scheuer has been a member of the CSU and the Junge Union since 1994.

From 1999 to 2001, Andreas Scheuer served on the JU's national board.

In 2001, Andreas Scheuer was elected to the CSU district executive Lower Bavaria, from 2003 to 2007 he was district chairman of JU Lower Bavaria.

In 2009, Andreas Scheuer initiated a cross-party group for the protection of antique cars.

The opposition parties in the Bundestag accuses Andreas Scheuer of breaking the law and making massive mistakes.

Andreas Scheuer's ministry is said to have broken budgetary and public procurement law when concluding the multi-billion dollar contracts with the operators and "deliberately deceived" the Bundestag about the real costs of the car toll.

Since the 2021 elections, Andreas Scheuer has been serving on the Committee on European Affairs.

In May 2023, Andreas Scheuer drew criticism after he alongside fellow CSU MPs Dorothee Bar and Florian Hahn visited Florida to meet with Governor Ron DeSantis, due to DeSantis' perceived anti-LGBT stances.

In January 2024, Andreas Scheuer announced that he would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.

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

Andreas Scheuer was later married to TV presenter Sabine Reisp from 2013 until 2018; the couple has a daughter.