11 Facts About Markus Ferber

Markus Ferber was born on 15 January 1965 and is a German engineer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 1994.

Markus Ferber is a member of the Christian Social Union, part of the European People's Party.

Markus Ferber is a full member of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect and a substitute member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism.

From 2016 until 2017, Markus Ferber was part of the Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion that investigated the Panama Papers revelations and tax avoidance schemes more broadly.

Previously, Markus Ferber was a member of the Committee on Budgets between 1999 and 2009 as well as of the Committee on Budgetary Control between 2004 and 2009.

Markus Ferber was replaced as leader of the CSU MEPs by Angelika Niebler following the party's poor showing in the elections.

In 2010, Markus Ferber was a CSU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany.

Markus Ferber was nominated by his party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.

In 2017, Politico Europe revealed, in letter to chief executives of Europe's biggest asset management companies, that Markus Ferber had promoted a commercial product that allows companies to navigate key requirements in MiFID II, rules he helped usher into EU law.

Markus Ferber was affiliated with the financial service product that he promoted, as it was offered through a foundation he co-founded with the CEO of the company that produces it, but had not declared the affiliation to the Parliament.

In November 2020, Markus Ferber starred in a controversy by claiming the restitution of a stay allowance of 323 euros a day, which had been suspended during the second wave of the pandemic since it was strongly discouraged to physically go to the European Parliament.