Christian Piwarz

Christian Piwarz
State Minister of Finance
Assumed office
19 December 2024
Minister-PresidentMichael Kretschmer
Personal details
Born (1975-07-23) 23 July 1975
Dresden, East Germany
(now Germany)
Alma materTU Dresden

Christian Piwarz (born 23 July 1975 in Dresden) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Political career

Piwarz served as state chairman of the Junge Union Sachsen und Niederschlesien.

Piwarz has served as a member of the State Parliament of Saxony since 2006 and held the position of State Minister for Culture in the Kretschmer I and Kretschmer II cabinets from 2017 to 2024.[1][2]

On December 19, 2024, Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer appointed Piwarz as State Minister of Finance in the Third Kretschmer cabinet.[3]

Other activities

  • Pension Institution of the Federal and State Governments (VBL), Chair of the Supervisory Board (since 2025)[4]
  • KfW, Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2025)[5]
  • Leipzig Trade Fair, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2024)[6]

References

  1. ^ SMK, Bianca Schulz- (2017-12-18). "Christian Piwarz ist neuer sächsischer Kultusminister". SMK-Blog (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  2. ^ "Warum Sachsen zu Schuljahresbeginn so wenige Lehrer eingestellt hat wie lange nicht". www.freiepresse.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2024-08-12. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  3. ^ "Kretschmer presents Saxon cabinet - four new members included". www.diesachsen.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  4. ^ Pressemitteilung: Spitze des Verwaltungsrats der VBL neu besetzt – Christian Piwarz folgt auf Hartmut Vorjohann Pension Institution of the Federal and State Governments (VBL), press release of May 2025.
  5. ^ 2024 Annual Report KfW.
  6. ^ Supervisory Board Leipzig Trade Fair.