10 Facts About Thomas Strobl

From 1998 until 2016 Strobl was a member of the German Bundestag.

Thomas Strobl then was a research fellow at Heidelberg University and from 1992 to 1996 a Parliamentary Advisor at the Landtag of Baden-Wurttemberg.

Thomas Strobl first became of a Member of the German Bundestag in the 1998 national elections.

At state level, Thomas Strobl served as Secretary General of the CDU Baden-Wurttemberg from 2005 to 2011, under party chairmen Gunther Oettinger and Stefan Mappus.

Since 2011, Thomas Strobl has been chairman of the CDU in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg.

In December 2015, Thomas Strobl presided over the CDU's 2015 national convention in Karlsruhe.

Ahead of the 2016 state elections, Thomas Strobl lost against Guido Wolf in a party-wide vote on who should run for the office of Minister-President of Baden-Wurttemberg.

In 2016, Thomas Strobl called for a tightening of German asylum rules, saying asylum-seekers should only be eligible for permanent residence in Germany after five years, rather than the current three.

Ahead of the Christian Democrats' leadership election, Thomas Strobl publicly endorsed in 2020 Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair; Merz eventually lost against Armin Laschet.

Since 1996, Thomas Strobl has been married to media manager Christine Schauble, the oldest daughter of Wolfgang Schauble.