Steffen Bilger: Difference between revisions

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| office3 = [[Member of the German Bundestag|Member]] of the [[Bundestag]] <br /> for [[Ludwigsburg (electoral district)|Ludwigsburg]]

| term_start3 = [[2009 German federal election|27 October 2009]]

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| predecessor3 = [[Matthias Wissmann]] {{small|(2007)}}

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| birth_place = [[Schongau, Bavaria]], [[West Germany]]<br />{{small|(now Germany)}}

'''Steffen Bilger''' (born 16 February 1979) is a [[Germany|German]] politician (of the [[Christian Democratic Union of (Germany)|CDUChristian Democratic Union]] (CDU) and member of the [[Bundestag]] for the constituency of [[Ludwigsburg (electoral district)|Ludwigsburg]].

From Since2018 14until March2021, 2018Bilger heserved isas Parliamentary State Secretary at the [[Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure]] in the [[Fourth Merkel cabinet|the cabinet]] of Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]].

After graduation in 1998 at Max Born High School in [[Backnang]], Bilger did his [[Alternative civilian service|civil service]]. He then studied law at the [[University of Tübingen|Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen]], which he finished in 2004 with the first state law examination. In 2006, Bilger completed a legal traineeship at the [[Stuttgart]] Regional Court with the second state law exam.<ref name="Wahlkreisbüro 2018">{{cite web|title=Lebenslauf Steffen Bilger|url=http://www.steffen-bilger.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Lebenslauf_Presse_tabellarisch_Stand_Jan__2017.pdf|access-date=2017-06-27 June 2017|last=Wahlkreisbüro|language=de}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>

In the [[2009 German federal election|2009 federal election]], Bilger won the direct mandate in constituency of [[Ludwigsburg (electoral district)|Ludwigsburg]] with 39.9% of the vote and became a member of the German Bundestag. In the 17th Bundestag he was a full member in the Committee on Transport, Construction and Urban Development, a member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development and a deputy member of the Committees Health and Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. He was also a full member of the Enquete Commission Growth, Prosperity, Quality of Life.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/ausschuesse17/a15/mitglieder.html |title=ArchivedDeutscher copyBundestag: Mitglieder des Ausschusses für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung |access-date=5 May 2018-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224223311/http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/ausschuesse17/a15/mitglieder.html# |archive-date=2011-12-24 December 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[2013 German federal election|2013 federal election]], Bilger won again with 50.4% againof the vote the direct mandate in constituency of Ludwigsburg. In the 18th Bundestag, he was a full member in the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development, the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and in the Joint Committee. He has also been Chairman of the MIT Transport Forum since 2013 and since 2016 a full member of the Conciliation Committee of the German Bundestag and the Bundesrat. On the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Bilger served as his parliamentary group's [[rapporteur]] on [[electric vehicle]]s and [[alternative fuel vehicle]]s.

In addition to his committee assignments, Bilger also headed the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Electromobility. Furthermore, he was also Chairman of the Young Group, the association of all Union members under the age of 35, until January 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bundestag.de/bundestag/abgeordnete18/biografien/B/bilger_steffen/258230 |title=ArchivedDeutscher copyBundestag - Steffen Bilger, CDU |access-date=5 May 2018-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919123158/http://bundestag.de/bundestag/abgeordnete18/biografien/B/bilger_steffen/258230# |archive-date=2016-09-19 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cducsu.de/Titel__junge_gruppe/TabID__13/SubTabID__16/AGID__21/arbeitsgruppen.aspx |title=ArchivedCDU/CSU-Fraktion copyim Deutschen Bundestag: Themen - Soziologische Gruppen |access-date=5 May 2018-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928090034/http://www.cducsu.de/Titel__junge_gruppe/TabID__13/SubTabID__16/AGID__21/arbeitsgruppen.aspx# |archive-date=2009-09-28 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During the coalition negotiations between the Union and the SPD, Bilger was part of the working group on transport and infrastructure, led by [[Thomas Strobl]], [[Alexander Dobrindt]] and [[Sören Bartol]].<ref>{{cite web|title=eigene Homepage Steffen Bilger|url=https://www.steffen-bilger.de/zur-person/politische-stationen/|access-date=2018-03-28 March 2018|language=de}}</ref> SinceFrom 142018 Marchuntil 20182021, he hasserved beenas Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure under minister [[Andreas Scheuer]]. In Aprilthis 2018capacity, he was also becamethe Federal Government Coordinator for Freight and Logistics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pressemitteilung 023/2018|publisher=Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur|url=http://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/DE/Pressemitteilungen/2018/023-personalien.html|access-date=2018-04-12 April 2018|date=2018-04-11 April 2018|language=de}}</ref>

Bilger is married and has twothree children.

{{Current membersMembers of the 19th Bundestag}}