Mario Mettbach (24 July 1952 – 2021 or 2022) was a German politician from Hamburg and a representative of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Party for a Rule of Law Offensive.
[1][3] Mettbach was criticised for appointing his domestic partner as his personal assistant, arguing that he would not trust a stranger in this position.
After losing the election in 2004, Mettbach abandoned the Party for a Rule of Law Offensive and returned to the CDU in March 2005.
He worked as a management consultant and was on the supervisory board of the Hamburg Port Authority.
In Spring 2006 the state-owned Hamburg business development corporation HFW hired him as a consultant.