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Andreas Scheuer apparently started his new career while he was still a member of parliament. Key anti-lobby figures raise concerns.
Berlin – Former Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU) wants to pursue a new career path. According to reports, he founded two companies while still a member of parliament. His move is now triggering a fundamental debate about the waiting period for federal ministers. “The statutory waiting period for a federal minister to change to a job in business is clearly too short at a maximum of 18 months,” said the political director of Lobby Control, Imke Dierßen, to the
editorial network Germany (RND).
Former Transport Minister Scheuer is moving into business – this is his new position
Former federal ministers should therefore have to observe a waiting period of “at least three years” after leaving office before they can take on a position in a company. The non-profit organization Transparency International, which fights corruption worldwide, asked the
RND
that the three-year waiting period should be allowed
only begin with the complete withdrawal from federal politics.
Andreas Scheuer, CSU member of the Bundestag and former Federal Transport Minister, in the Bundestag. Scheuer no longer wants to run in the next federal election. © Kay Nietfeld/dpa
Scheuer leaves the Bundestag and founds a consulting firm
According to
Business Insider,
Scheuer founded two new companies on February 12, 2024. Accordingly, Scheuer founded a company called Positanis Holding GmbH with his wife, a former employee of his ministry. The corporate purpose of Positanis Holding GmbH is “holding company investments in its own name, on its own account and not as a service for third parties” as well as the “management of its own and third-party assets”.
In addition, the logistics company Mosol Group announced in autumn 2023 that Scheuer would become a member of the Mosolf advisory board. One day after Scheuer left the Bundestag, Mosolf announced
the 49-year-old's official appointment to the advisory board, according to
Focus .
Scheuer returns his Bundestag mandate – his professional future was apparently clear beforehand
Scheuer's seamless change shows how well the ex-transport minister prepared for his professional future before leaving the Bundestag. Scheuer resigned from his mandate on April 1st and thanked the many people for their support, loyalty and trust over such a long time. “It was an honor for me to be able to work for our country and for my homeland,” Scheuer said on the same day.
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The 49-year-old had already announced in January that he would no longer run in the next federal election. The CSU said at the time that he had not taken the step lightly. Before that, according to dpa information, there had been repeated skeptical voices in the Lower Bavaria CSU district association about Scheuer's candidacy again.
Scheuer resigns from Bundestag mandate – Dobrindt mourns former transport minister
CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt said that the CSU was losing one of its high-profile people in the Bundestag with Scheuer. As general secretary, Scheuer successfully contested election campaigns and modernized the party both in terms of content and with a new state leadership. As Federal Minister and Parliamentary State Secretary, he pushed forward the expansion of infrastructure and thought ahead to mobility in the 21st century with the topics of autonomous driving and the digitalization of mobility.
Scheuer has been a member of the Bundestag since 2002. From 2009 to 2013 he was State Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, and from December 2013 to 2018 he took over the position of CSU General Secretary alongside the then party leader Horst Seehofer. After the 2018 federal election, he became Federal Transport Minister in Angela Merkel's (CDU) fourth cabinet. (bohy with dpa)