Helge Braun

Helge Braun
Braun in 2017
Chair of the Budget Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 December 2021
Deputy	Bettina Hagedorn
Preceded by	Peter Boehringer
Head of the Chancellery Minister for Special Affairs
In office 14 March 2018 – 8 December 2021
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Peter Altmaier
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Schmidt
State Minister to the Chancellor for Bureaucracy reduction, better regulation and Federal-State Relations
In office 17 December 2013 – 14 March 2018
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Eckart von Klaeden (Bureaucracy reduction and better regulation)
Succeeded by	Hendrik Hoppenstedt
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Research
In office 28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Minister	Annette Schavan Johanna Wanka
Preceded by	Andreas Storm
Succeeded by	Stefan Müller
Member of the Bundestag for Hesse
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 October 2021
Preceded by	multi-member district
Constituency	Christian Democratic Union List
In office 27 October 2009 – 26 October 2021
Preceded by	Rüdiger Veit
Succeeded by	Felix Döring
Constituency	Gießen
In office 17 October 2002 – 18 October 2005
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	multi-member district
Constituency	Christian Democratic Union List
Personal details
Born	(1972-10-18) 18 October 1972 (age 51) Giessen, Hesse, West Germany
Political party	Christian Democratic Union
Alma mater	University of Giessen
Occupation	Politician physician
Website	helge-braun.de

Helge Reinhold Braun (born 18 October 1972) is a German physician and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Between 2018 and 2021, he served as Head of the Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the fourth coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. He was the Parliamentary Secretary of State for Bureaucracy Reduction and Federal-State Relations at the Chancellery between 2013 and 2018.

Braun, who was thought of as a party insider, loyal to moderate Merkel, ran in the December 2021 CDU leadership election, but only came in a distant third.