Fritz Güntzler

Fritz Güntzler
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byHartwig Fischer
Personal details
Born (1966-05-06) 6 May 1966 (age 59)
Cuxhaven, West Germany
(now Germany)
PartyCDU
Alma mater

Fritz Güntzler (born 6 May 1966) is a German auditor and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.[1]

Political career

Güntzler served as a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony from 2005 until 2008 and from 2010 until 2013.

Güntzler first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing Göttingen.[2] In parliament, he is a member of the Finance Committee and the Sports Committee.[3][4] He serves as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on the property tax.

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition under the leadership of Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD following the 2025 German elections, Güntzler was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on public finances, led by Mathias Middelberg, Florian Oßner and Dennis Rohde.[5]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

Political positions

In June 2017, Güntzler voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[9]

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