Christian Piwarz
Christian Piwarz | |
|---|---|
| State Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 19 December 2024 | |
| Minister-President | Michael Kretschmer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 July 1975 |
| Alma mater | TU 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
- ^ SMK, Bianca Schulz- (2017-12-18). "Christian Piwarz ist neuer sächsischer Kultusminister". SMK-Blog (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kretschmer presents Saxon cabinet - four new members included". www.diesachsen.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 2024 Annual Report KfW.
- ^ Supervisory Board Leipzig Trade Fair.