# Michael Boddenberg

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{{short description|German politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Michael Boddenberg
| image         = MJK 42887 Michael Boddenberg (Hessischer Landtag 2019).jpg
| image_upright = 0.8
| caption       = Michael Boddenberg in 2019
| office        = Minister of Finance in [Hesse](/source/Hesse)
| term_start    = 31 March 2020
| predecessor   = [Thomas Schäfer](/source/Thomas_Sch%C3%A4fer_(politician))
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1959|07|15|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [Troisdorf](/source/Troisdorf), [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia), [West Germany](/source/West_Germany)
| party         = [CDU](/source/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany)
| profession    =
| website       = {{URL|http://www.michael-boddenberg.de/}} 
}}
'''Michael Boddenberg''' (born 15 July 1959<ref name="Landtag" />) is a German politician of the [Christian Democratic Union](/source/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany) (CDU) who has been serving as Minister of Finance of [Hesse](/source/Hesse) since 3 April 2020.

== Career ==
Born in [Troisdorf](/source/Troisdorf), Boddenberg completed school<!-- in [Siegburg](/source/Siegburg)--> in 1978. He took the {{ill|Meisterprüfung|de}} ([Master](/source/Meister) exam) as a [butcher](/source/butcher) in 1983.

Boddenberg was a member of the management of Mainfrost from 1984 to 1989. He was managing director of Fleischfeinkost Schäfer from 1995 to 2002. Simultaneously, he directed the private school for butchers and bakers J. A. Heyne in Frankfurt<ref name="Leimhos" /> from 1989 to 2009.<ref name="Landtag" /> He was managing director of the Boddenberg, Heyne & Partner GmbH from 1993 to 2009.<ref name="Landtag" /><ref name="Fleischwirtschaft" />

== Political career ==
Boddenberg joined the [Christian Democratic Union of Germany](/source/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany) in 1985.<ref name="Landtag" /> He was a member of the [Frankfurt am Main](/source/Frankfurt_am_Main) city council from 1993 to 1999.<ref name="CDU" /> In 1999, he was elected to the [Landtag](/source/Landtag_of_Hesse), the parliament of Hesse.<ref name="CDU" /> In 2001, he became [Secretary General](/source/Secretary_General) and managing director of the CDU in [Hesse](/source/Hesse) in 2001, serving until 2009. He served as speaker of economic politics for the CDU [parliamentary group](/source/parliamentary_group) from 2004 to 2009.<ref name="Landtag" /><ref name="CDU" />

Boddenberg was the Hessian State Minister for Federal Affairs and representative of Hesse to the federal government from 5 February 2009 to 18 January 2014, responsible for the relationship of state and national government. He then became the head of the CDU parliamentary group in the Landtag.<ref name="CDU" />

On 31 March 2020, Boddenberg was designated as State Minister of Finance in Hesse, succeeding [Thomas Schäfer](/source/Thomas_Sch%C3%A4fer_(politician)).<ref name="Watschounek"/><ref name="Hessen"/> He was sworn in on 3 April 2020.<ref name="Hessenschau" /> His successor as head of the CDU parliamentary group is [Ines Claus](/source/Ines_Claus).<ref name="Hessenschau" /> As one of the state's representatives at the [Bundesrat](/source/Bundesrat_of_Germany), he serves on the Finance Committee.

Boddenberg was nominated by his party as delegate to the [Federal Convention](/source/Federal_Convention_(Germany)) for the purpose of electing the [President of Germany](/source/President_of_Germany) in [2022](/source/2022_German_presidential_election).<ref>[https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/878348/b21e5621b2f3de04e328535bd589e151/mitglieder_bv_2022-data.pdf 17th Federal Convention, 13 February 2022, List of Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403053325/https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/878348/b21e5621b2f3de04e328535bd589e151/mitglieder_bv_2022-data.pdf |date=3 April 2022 }} [Bundestag](/source/Bundestag).</ref>

== Other activities ==
=== Corporate boards ===
* [Fraport](/source/Fraport), Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020)<ref>Jochen Remmert (May 26, 2020), [https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/karlheinz-weimar-nicht-mehr-im-fraport-aufsichtsrat-16786126.html Fraport-Aufsichtsrat: Abschied für den Ruhestifter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527213648/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/karlheinz-weimar-nicht-mehr-im-fraport-aufsichtsrat-16786126.html |date=27 May 2020 }} ''[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung](/source/Frankfurter_Allgemeine_Zeitung)''.</ref>
* [Central Cooperative of the European Meat Trade](/source/Central_Cooperative_of_the_European_Meat_Trade) (ZENTRAG), Chairman of the Supervisory Board

=== Non-profit organizations ===
* [Institute for Law and Finance](/source/Institute_for_Law_and_Finance), [Goethe University Frankfurt](/source/Goethe_University_Frankfurt), Member of the Board of Trustees<ref>[http://www.ilf-frankfurt.de/de/ilf/gremien/ Board of Trustees] [Institute for Law and Finance](/source/Institute_for_Law_and_Finance) (ILF).</ref>
* Leibniz Institute for Financial Research (SAFE), Member of the Policy Council<ref>[https://safe-frankfurt.de/policy-center/about/policy-advisory-council.html Policy Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121171726/https://safe-frankfurt.de/policy-center/about/policy-advisory-council.html |date=21 November 2021 }} Leibniz Institute for Financial Research (SAFE).</ref> 
* [Hessischer Rundfunk](/source/Hessischer_Rundfunk) (HR), Member of the Broadcasting Council 
* [Rheingau Musik Festival](/source/Rheingau_Musik_Festival), Member of the Supervisory Board<ref name="CDU" />

==References==
<references>

<ref name="Leimhos">{{cite web
| last = Leimhos
| first = Volker
| url = https://www.laks.de/aktivitaeten/interviews/archiv-interviews/detailansicht.html?tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=124&cHash=e6e9dd4d6427d13dedffb4f59775311f
| title = "Bismarck hatte keine Ahnung von der Wurstherstellung" / Interview mit CDU-Generalsekretär und Geschäftsführer Michael Boddenberg
| website = LAKS
| date = 2004
| accessdate = 7 May 2020
| language = de
}}</ref>

<ref name="Watschounek">{{cite web
| last = Watschounek
| first = Volker
| url = https://wiesbaden-lebt.de/michael-boddenberg-ist-neuer-finanzminister
| title = Michael Boddenberg ist neuer Finanzminister
| website = wiesbaden-lebt.de
| date = 31 March 2020
| accessdate = 31 March 2020
| language = de
| archive-date = 15 May 2020
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200515075422/https://wiesbaden-lebt.de/michael-boddenberg-ist-neuer-finanzminister
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="CDU">{{cite web
| url = https://www.cdu.de/vorstand/michael-boddenberg
| title = Michael Boddenberg
| website = [CDU](/source/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany)
| date = 
| access-date = 6 April 2020
| language = de
| archive-date = 6 April 2020
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200406145908/https://www.cdu.de/vorstand/michael-boddenberg
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Fleischwirtschaft">{{cite web
| url = https://www.fleischwirtschaft.de/wirtschaft/nachrichten/Boddenberg-uebernimmt-Fraktionsspitze-in-Wiesbaden-21357?crefresh=1
| title = Boddenberg übernimmt Fraktionsspitze in Wiesbaden
| website = fleischwirtschaft.de
| date = 16 January 2014
| access-date = 3 April 2020
| language = de
| archive-date = 23 January 2021
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210123161717/https://www.fleischwirtschaft.de/wirtschaft/nachrichten/Boddenberg-uebernimmt-Fraktionsspitze-in-Wiesbaden-21357?crefresh=1
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Hessen">{{cite web
| url = https://www.hessen.de/presse/pressemitteilung/michael-boddenberg-wird-neuer-finanzminister
| title = Amtseinführung - Michael Boddenberg wird neuer Finanzminister
| date = 31 March 2020
| access-date = 1 April 2020
| language = German
| work = Hessische Staatskanzlei
| archive-date = 29 June 2020
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200629203005/https://www.hessen.de/presse/pressemitteilung/michael-boddenberg-wird-neuer-finanzminister
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="Hessenschau">{{cite web
| url = https://www.hessenschau.de/politik/boddenberg-als-finanzminister-vereidigt---gedenken-an-vorgaenger-schaefer,landttag-vereidigung-gedenken-100.html
| title = Sondersitzung im Landtag Boddenberg als Finanzminister vereidigt - Gedenken an Schäfer
| date = 3 April 2020
| access-date = 6 April 2020
| language = German
| work = [Hessenschau](/source/Hessenschau)
| archive-date = 6 April 2020
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200406194203/https://www.hessenschau.de/politik/boddenberg-als-finanzminister-vereidigt---gedenken-an-vorgaenger-schaefer,landttag-vereidigung-gedenken-100.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Landtag">{{cite web
| url = https://hessischer-landtag.de/content/michael-boddenberg
| title = Michael Boddenberg
| date = 31 March 2020
| access-date = 3 April 2020
| language = de
| work = [Hessischer Landtag](/source/Hessischer_Landtag)
| archive-date = 28 September 2020
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200928115730/https://hessischer-landtag.de/content/michael-boddenberg
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

</references>

== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.michael-boddenberg.de/}}
* {{DNB portal|1106565355}}

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Category:1959 births
Category:21st-century German politicians
Category:Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
Category:German butchers
Category:Living people
Category:Members of the Landtag of Hesse
Category:Ministers of finance of Hesse
Category:Ministers of the Hesse state government
Category:People from Troisdorf
Category:Politicians from North Rhine-Westphalia

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