Dorothee Bär

Dorothee was born on 19 April 1978 in the historic cathedral city of Bamberg, just a stone’s throw from her home district Haßberge, where she grew up in the town of Ebelsbach. At the age of 14, she joined the youth organization of the CDU/CSU before joining the main CSU party in 1994.

She moved to Bavaria’s capital city, Munich, to study and was very active throughout Bavaria as chair of the regional branch of the German Association of Christian Democrat Students.

She became a member of the CSU executive committee in 2001 before being elected to the German Bundestag in the 2002 general election. From 2009 to 2013, she served as Deputy Secretary-General of the CSU and spokesperson for the entire CDU/CSU parliamentary group on matters pertaining to family affairs, senior citizens, women, and youth.

She was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure from December 2013 until March 2018. From March 2018 until December 2021, she was a Minister of State at the Federal Chancellery and Federal Commissioner for Digitalization. From 2021 to 2025, she held the position of Deputy Chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group for matters pertaining to family affairs and culture.