1. Steffen Bilger was born on 16 February 1979 and is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union and member of the Bundestag for the constituency of Ludwigsburg.
13 Facts About Steffen Bilger
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From 2018 until 2021, Bilger served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in the cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Steffen Bilger then studied law at the Eberhard-Karls University of Tubingen, which he finished in 2004 with the first state law examination.
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In 2006, Steffen Bilger completed a legal traineeship at the Stuttgart Regional Court with the second state law exam.
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In 2007, Steffen Bilger was admitted as a lawyer and founded a law firm together with two colleagues.
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Already as a student Steffen Bilger joined the Young Union in 1996 and was a member of the CDU.
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In 2006, Steffen Bilger was elected chairman of the Junge Union Baden-Wurttemberg and was confirmed in office in the years 2008,2009 and 2010.
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On 1 October 2011, Steffen Bilger was elected district chairman of the CDU North Wurttemberg, the largest of the four CDU districts in Baden-Wurttemberg.
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Steffen Bilger won clearly against his competitor, the former Secretary of State for Arts, Dietrich Birk.
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Steffen Bilger was a full member of the Enquete Commission Growth, Prosperity, Quality of Life.
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Steffen Bilger has been Chairman of the MIT Transport Forum since 2013 and since 2016 a full member of the Conciliation Committee of the German Bundestag and the Bundesrat.
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Steffen Bilger became a full member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure.
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Since the 2021 elections, Steffen Bilger has been serving as one his parliamentary group's deputy chairs, under the leadership of successive chairs Ralph Brinkhaus and Friedrich Merz.