The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with H.E. Michael Kretschmer, Minister-President (CDU) of the Free State of Saxony
Michael Kretschmer (CDU) has been the Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony since 2017. Mr. Kretschmer began his political career as a City Councilor in his hometown of Görlitz from 1994 to 1999. From 1993 to 2002, he was on the Regional Executive Committee of the Young Union (Junge Union) of Saxony and Lower Silesia. In 2005, Mr. Kretschmer was elected Secretary General of Saxony’s CDU Party and was re-elected several times thereafter. He has been the leader of Saxony’s CDU Regional Association since December 2017. He was first elected to Germany’s Bundestag in 2002 as a direct candidate to represent the Görlitz district and remained a member until 2017. From 2005 to 2009, he was the Deputy Chair of the CDU/CSU Education and Research Working Group in the Bundestag. Mr. Kretschmer was Deputy Party Leader, with portfolios in education and research, art, culture, and media from 2009 to 2017. From 2013 to September 2017, Mr. Kretschmer was also the leader of the Saxony Regional Group within the CDU/CSU Party in the Bundestag. In August 2017, he was elected President of the Sächsischer Volkshochschulverband e.V. He is also involved with the Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau development association.