Thorsten Frei
Thorsten Frei | |
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Frei in 2023 | |
| Head of the Chancellery Minister for Special Affairs | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Wolfgang Schmidt |
| Chief Whip of the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag | |
| In office 15 December 2021 – 5 May 2025 | |
| Leader | Ralph Brinkhaus Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Michael Grosse-Brömer |
| Succeeded by | Steffen Bilger |
| Member of the Bundestag for Schwarzwald-Baar | |
| Assumed office 22 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Siegfried Kauder |
| Mayor of Donaueschingen | |
| In office 2004–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Bernhard Everke |
| Succeeded by | Erik Pauly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 August 1973 |
| Party | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Freiburg |
| Occupation | Lawyer • Professor • Politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Germany |
| Branch/service | Bundeswehr |
| Years of service | 1993–1994 |
| Unit | Franco-German Brigade |
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Thorsten Frei (born 8 August 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Head of the Federal Chancellery in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025.
Frei has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2013.