Peter Straub (politician)

Peter Karl Otto Straub (* 8. September 1939 in Waldshut, today Waldshut-Tiengen ) is a German politician of the CDU and from 1996 to 2011 President of the Parliament of Baden-Wuerttemberg .

education and profession

After graduating from high school in Waldshut, Straub began studying law in Freiburg and Munich . In 1962 he passed the first and in 1966 the second state examination in law. Since then he has been working as a lawyer .

Political activity

Straub's political engagement began in 1968 when he joined the CDU. In that year he became a city councilor in Waldshut and Waldshut-Tiengen (until 1989). From 1984 to 1999 he was also a member of the district council of the Waldshut district .

In November 1984 Straub entered the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg as a member. From 1992 to 1996 he was deputy president of the state parliament. In 1996 he was elected President of the State Parliament to succeed Fritz Hopmeier . After the state elections in 2001 and 2006, he was confirmed in office. After the state elections in 2011, he was no longer a member of the state parliament and therefore no longer ran for the election of the state parliament president. His successor as a directly elected member of the Waldshut state electoral district was Felix Schreiner . Willi Stächele became the new President of the State Parliament .

In addition to his state parliament activities, Straub also represented the state of Baden-Württemberg in the Committee of the Regions of the European Union (CoR), of which he was president from 2004 to 2006. Straub is also a co-founder of the Upper Rhine Council.

Straub came under fire in the summer of 2010 when he asked for a Porsche as a company car, which he eventually refrained from.

Family and private

Peter Straub was born as the son of the lawyer and later CDU politician Joachim Straub . He is married and has two children and two grandchildren.

honors and awards

• 1991: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
• 2000: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
• 2002: Commander's Cross of the Order of the Finnish Lion
• 2005: Merit Medal of the State of Baden-Württemberg
• 2008: Great Order of Montfort
• 2008: Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold with the Star for Services to the Republic of Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Discussion about company cars: Straub does not use the Porsche Stuttgarter Zeitung of June 25, 2010
2. ↑ List of medal recipients 1975–2019. (PDF; 180 kB) State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, p. 51 , accessed on June 12, 2019 . 
3. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

Web links

• Peter Straub's website
• Excerpt from the parliamentary handbook for the 13th electoral term (PDF file; 108 kB)