Josef Rief

Josef Rief (born 13 April 1960) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2009.

Josef Rief
Josef Rief in 2013
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Preceded by	Franz Romer
Personal details
Born	(1960-04-13) 13 April 1960 (age 65) Illertissen, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	CDU

Political career

Rief became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election.^[1] He is a member of the Budget Committee and the Committee for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.^[2][3] In this capacity, he serves as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of Health.

In addition to his committee assignments, Rief has been a substitute member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2018.^[4] In this capacity, he serves on the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development and the Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter. In 2024 Rief announced, that he isn't seeking re-election for Bundestag.^[5]

Political positions

In June 2017, Rief voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.^[6]