National board of the CDU

National board of the CDU
CDU-Bundesvorstand
Parent organisation	Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Website	Struktur der CDU

The National Board of the CDU (German: CDU-Bundesvorstand, also translated as its Federal Board) is the highest permanent governing body of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. The Board meets at least 6 times a year. The daily affairs of the party are the responsibility of the Presidium of the CDU.^[1]

The Board consists of the Leader of the CDU, the Secretary General, the Five Deputy Leaders, the treasurer, the honorary chairs, seven elected members of the presidium and 26 elected board members. If the position is held by a CDU member, the Board also consists of the Chancellor of Germany, the President or Vice President of the Bundestag, the chair of the CDU/CSU faction, the President of the European Parliament and the chair of the European People's Party.^[1]

Current members

The CDU Minister Presidents of the federal states attend the meetings of the Presidium in an advisory capacity. In practice, the same applies to the Federal Managing Director, who, according to the statutes, only participates in the Executive Committee in an advisory capacity.^[1]

Presidium of the CDU

since the election at the 36th Party Diet in 2024, the Presidium of the CDU's current members are:^[1]


Members of the Presidium of the CDU
Member	Party Office(s)
Ex officio members
Friedrich Merz	Leader of the CDU Leader of the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag
Carsten Linnemann	General Secretary of the CDU Chairman of the CDU's Program and Principles Commission
Silvia Breher	Deputy Leader of the CDU Leader of the Oldenburg CDU
Andreas Jung	Deputy Leader of the CDU
Michael Kretschmer	Deputy Leader of the CDU Leader of the CDU Saxony [de]
Karl-Josef Laumann	Deputy Leader of the CDU Chairman of the Christian Democratic Employees' Association
Karin Prien	Deputy Leader of the CDU Chairwoman of the Jewish Forum in the CDU
Julia Klöckner	Federal Treasurer of the CDU
Christina Stumpp	Deputy General Secretary of the CDU
Elected members of the Presidium
Ines Claus [de]	Leader of the CDU group in the Landtag of Hesse
Ronja Kemmer
Sebastian Fechner	Leader of the CDU in Lower Saxony Leader of the CDU group in the Landtag of Lower Saxony
Ina Scharrenbach [de]
Sven Schulze	Leader of the CDU Saxony-Anhalt [de]
Jens Spahn	Deputy Leader of the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag
Mario Voigt	State Chairman of the CDU Thuringia [de] Leader of the CDU group in the Landtag of Thuringia
Members by virtue of legislative office
Yvonne Magwas	Vice President of the German Bundestag
Daniel Caspary	Leader of the CDU/CSU group in the European Parliament
Advisory Members
Daniel Günther
Reiner Haseloff
Boris Rhein
Kai Wegner
Hendrik Wüst
Philip Birdkenmaier	Federal Director of the CDU Germany

Federal Party Board

In addition to the members of the Presidium who also sit on the Federal Board, the other non-advisory members of the Federal Board include:

Members of the Federal Board of the CDU
Member	Party Office(s)
Membership Representative
Friedrich Merz	General Secretary of the CDU Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Elected members of the Federal Board
Ruth Baumann
Steffen Bilger	Deputy Leader of the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag
Joe Chialo
Birte Glißmann [de]	Whip of the CDU group in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Hermann Gröhe	Deputy Leader of the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag
Serap Güler
Elke Hannack [de]
Stefan Heck
Mechthild Heil
Carina Hermann [de]
Franziska Hoppermann
Thomas Jarzombek
Thomas Kufen
Alexander Lorz [de]
Henning Otte
Jan Redmann	Leader of the CDU Brandenburg [de] Leader of the CDU group in the Landtag of Brandenburg
Bastian Schneider
Marc Speicher	Membership representative of the CDU Saar [de]
Kim-Sarah Speer [de]
Jessica Steiner
Johannes Steiniger
Johannes Volkmann	Chairman of the Lahn-Dill CDU district association
Astrid Wallmann [de]
Wiebke Winter [de]	Deputy Leader of the CDU group in the Municipal Assembly of Bremen Deputy Chairwoman of KlimaUnion
Monica Wüllner	Deputy State Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Employees' Association (CDA) Member of the CDA Federal Board
Paul Ziemiak	General Secretary of the North Rhine-Westphalia [de]