Kai Wegner


Kai Wegner is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany who has been a member of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament, since 2005. In 2019, he became the chairman of the CDU in Berlin.

Early life and education

Wegner was born 1975 in the Western part of Berlin and became an insurance salesman.

Political career

Wegner joined the CDU already in 1989 and served as vice chair of the party in Berlin from 2000 to 2002.
Wegner has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2005 elections, representing Berlin's Spandau district. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy from 2005 until 2013 before moving to the Committee on Building, Housing, Urban Development and Local Government and the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. In this capacity, he has been his parliamentary group's spokesperson on building and housing since 2018.
From 2011 until 2016, Wegner served as secretary general of the CDU in Berlin, under the leadership of chairman Frank Henkel. In May 2019 he succeeded Monika Grütters as chair of the CDU in Berlin.

Other activities

In June 2017, Wegner voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.

Personal life

Wegner lives in Spandau. He has two children.