Thorsten Frei


Thorsten Frei is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2013.

Political career

Frei first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election. From 2013 until 2017, he was a member of the Committee on European Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention.
Since 2018, Frei has been serving as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Ralph Brinkhaus. In this capacity, he coordinates the group's legislative activities on consumer protection, domestic affairs, sports, and minorities.
In addition to his committee assignments, Frei chairs the German-Swiss Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Other activities

In June 2017, Frei voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.