Mike Mohring (politician)
German politician
Mike Mohring (born 22 December 1971) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Early life and education
Mohring grew up in the GDR. On a scholarship of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, he studied law at the University of Jena, without completing the degree. He later completed a double degree program in international business and tax law at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and the MCI Management Center Innsbruck from 2007 until 2009.
Political career
Career in state politics
Mohring started his political career during the fall of the Berlin Wall by joining the New Forum. In 1993 he became a member of the CDU.
Mohring was first elected to the Landtag in the 1999 state elections. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Internal Affairs (1999–2004) and on the Budget Committee (1999–2009). From 2008, he chaired the CDU parliamentary group.
In 2014, Mohring became leader of his party in Thuringia. He was reelected in 2016. In this capacity, he led the party's campaign for the 2019 state elections.
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