Takes his seat in the 15th Bundestag
Directly elected for the Weilheim constituency (then No. 227) on 22 September 2002.
Office
Career · Chapter 07
Parliamentary work
Committee roles, parliamentary-group offices, legislation and debates — Alexander Dobrindt’s record in the Bundestag, searchable and filterable.
01Record
The parliamentary record
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Deputy chairman, Committee on Economics and Labour
His first leadership role in a Bundestag committee.
Committee
Economic-policy spokesman of the CSU Landesgruppe
Chairman of the Landesgruppe working group on the economy, technology, energy, education and research (December 2005 – November 2008).
Office
Committee on Economics and Technology
Member during the 16th legislative period; board member of the parliamentary group’s Mittelstand caucus (Parlamentskreis Mittelstand).
Committee
Chairman, CDU/CSU working group on education and research
Led the parliamentary group’s policy work on education and research until his appointment as CSU Secretary General.
Office
Infrastructure Levy Act (car toll) passes
As minister he steered the law through the Bundestag: 434 votes in favour, 128 against, 6 abstentions. The accompanying vehicle-tax relief law passed with 437 votes to 116.
Legislation
Extension of the HGV toll to all federal roads
Passed by the Bundestag in November 2016 and cleared by the Bundesrat on 10 February 2017; in force from 1 July 2018.
Legislation
Expansion laws for the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030
The three laws translating the BVWP 2030 into binding requirement plans for roads, rail and waterways passed the Bundestag at the end of 2016.
Legislation
Evidence to the emissions committee of inquiry
Testified as transport minister before the Bundestag’s 5th committee of inquiry (18th term) on the diesel emissions scandal.
Oversight
Amendment to the car toll law
Implemented the compromise reached with the European Commission on 1 December 2016; cleared by the Bundesrat on 31 March 2017.
Legislation
Road traffic act amendment on automated driving
Created the legal basis for highly automated driving functions; approved by the Bundesrat on 12 May and in force from 21 June 2017.
Legislation
Elected chairman of the CSU Landesgruppe
41 votes in favour, 3 against, 1 abstention. Also first deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, a position he held until May 2025.
Office
Union motion on migration
The non-binding five-point motion (permanent border controls, rejections at the border, among others) passed 348 to 344 with 10 abstentions, with votes from the AfD and FDP. Dobrindt spoke in the debate.
Debate
Influx Limitation Act rejected
The Union’s bill failed with 338 votes in favour and 349 against (5 abstentions).
Vote
Suspension of family reunification
Two-year suspension for people with subsidiary protection, with exceptions for hardship cases: 444 votes to 135. In force from 24 July 2025.
Legislation
End of three-year fast-track naturalisation
Roll-call vote: 450 in favour, 134 against, 2 abstentions. The minimum residence period returns to five years.
Legislation
NIS2 Implementation Act
Brings around 29,500 companies under cyber security obligations; the Bundesrat let it pass on 21 November 2025.
Legislation
Safe countries of origin by ordinance
455 votes to 130 (3 abstentions). Allows the government to designate safe countries for international protection by ordinance; asylum under Article 16a of the Basic Law is unaffected.
Legislation
Aviation Security Act amendment
Allows the Bundeswehr to assist the police against drones, including shooting them down as a last resort; passed the Bundesrat on 6 March 2026.
Legislation
GEAS Adaptation Act
Adapts German law to the reformed Common European Asylum System, which applies from 12 June 2026: 309 votes to 260.
Legislation
Federal Police Act reform
Replaces a law dating largely from 1994 with new powers including telecommunications metadata, video surveillance at stations and drone defence: 322 votes to 134, 118 abstentions.
Legislation
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02Patterns
Key policy areas over time
Economy & Mittelstand
Economic, technology and energy policy; education and research.
Transport & digital
Tolls, infrastructure planning, broadband and automated driving, introduced from the government bench.
Migration & security
As Landesgruppe chairman and then as interior minister: asylum, borders, citizenship, police and civil protection.