Michael Kretschmer

Michael Kretschmer (born 7 May 1975) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister President of Saxony since December 2017. Since 2022, he has been one of four deputy chairs of the CDU, under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz.

Michael Kretschmer
Kretschmer in 2022
Deputy Leader of the
Christian Democratic Union
Assumed office
22 January 2022
LeaderFriedrich Merz
Preceded byVolker Bouffier
Minister-President of Saxony
Assumed office
13 December 2017
DeputyMartin Dulig
Wolfram Günther
Preceded byStanislaw Tillich
Leader of the
Christian Democratic Union of Saxony
Assumed office
9 December 2017
General SecretaryAlexander Dierks
DeputyBarbara Klepsch
Christian Hartmann
Thomas Schmidt
Preceded byStanislaw Tillich
General Secretary of the
Christian Democratic Union of Saxony
In office
1 December 2004  9 December 2017
LeaderGeorg Milbradt
Stanislaw Tillich
Preceded byHermann Winkler
Succeeded byAlexander Dierks
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the
Landtag of Saxony
for Görlitz 2
Assumed office
1 October 2019
Preceded byOctavian Ursu
Member of the Bundestag
for Görlitz
(Löbau-Zittau – Görlitz – Niesky; 2002–2005)
In office
17 October 2002  24 October 2017
Preceded byGeorg Janovsky
Succeeded byTino Chrupalla
Personal details
Born
Michael Kretschmer

(1975-05-07) 7 May 1975
Görlitz, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany (now Germany)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union (1989–)
Spouse
Annett Hoffmann
(m. 2020)
Children2
Residence(s)Dresden-Klotzsche
Waltersdorf
Alma mater
Websitemichaelkretschmer.de
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