Frank Steffel

Frank Steffel (born 2 March 1966) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU).

Although his party suffered enormous losses at the elections under his leadership, Steffel remained chairman of the CDU group in the State Parliament until 2003.

In that capacity, he was his parliamentary group's rapporteur on Ukraine, Southern Africa, Japan and the Iberian Peninsula.

[3] In 2019, Steffel announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.

[4] In June 2017, Steffel voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.