Mario Voigt (born 8 February 1977) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as the Minister-President of Thuringia since December 2024.

[citation needed] At the end of 2007, he took over as head of corporate communications and investor relations for the Jena-based company Analytik Jena.

As a strategy consultant for the McCann-Erickson advertising agency,[citation needed] Voigt assisted the CDU during the 2005 federal election campaign.

[6] Since 2022, Voigt has been serving as deputy chair – alongside Serap Güler – of a working group in charge of drafting the CDU’s new party platform, under the leadership of Carsten Linnemann.

[8] When the CDU/CSU entered into a coalition government with the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) on the national level following the 2013 elections, Voigt joined a group of young party members – including Günter Krings, Michael Kretschmer and Jens Spahn – in signing an open letter which called for changes in the CDU’s policies and leadership.

[9] Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2022, Voigt publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Armin Laschet as the party’s chair.

[10] As chairman of the Young Union (JU) in Thuringia during the 2009 state election, Voigt oversaw the group's "stop Ramelow" campaign.

The association distributed media over the internet and in public targeting Bodo Ramelow and the Left party, the CDU's primary opposition.

[12] In September 2022, the State Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs lifted Voigt’s immunity amid investigations by the public prosecutor's office on suspicion of bribery.