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Moritz Oppelt

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Moritz Oppelt
Minister of Justice and Migration for Baden-Württemberg
Assumed office
13 May 2026
Minister-PresidentCem Özdemir
Preceded byMarion Gentges
In office
26 October 2021  25 March 2025
Preceded byNina Warken
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born (1989-02-04) 4 February 1989 (age 37)
Heidelberg, West Germany
PartyChristian Democratic Union
Children2
EducationUniversity of Mannheim

Moritz Oppelt (born 4 February 1989 in Heidelberg) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister for Justice and Migration in the government of Minister-President Cem Özdemir of Baden-Württemberg since 2025. From 2021 to 2025, he was a member of the Bundestag, the federal diet.

Early life and career

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Oppelt was born 1989 in the West German city of Heidelberg and studied law and economics at the University of Mannheim.[1]

From October 2017 to March 2018, he worked as a legal assistant for notaries in Wiesloch. Since March 2018, he has been a lawyer in the tax administration of the state of Baden-Württemberg. Most recently, he was head of a department in the tax investigation unit.

Political career

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Oppelt entered the CDU in 2007 and was elected directly to the Bundestag in 2021.[2]

Memberships

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Oppelt is a member of the non-partisan Europa-Union Deutschland, which advocates for a federal Europe and the European integration process.[3]

Private

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Oppelt lives in Neckargemünd, is married and the father of two children.

References

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  1. "Moritz Oppelt, Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages". moritz-oppelt.de. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. "Deutscher Bundestag - Moritz Oppelt". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. "A-Z 21. BT- EUD". www.europa-union.de. Retrieved 3 February 2026.