Moritz Oppelt

Moritz Oppelt
Minister of Justice and Migration for Baden-Württemberg
Incumbent
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
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

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

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

Memberships

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

Private

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

References

  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.
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