Bartholomäus Kalb
Bartholomäus Kalb is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria.Political career
In 1972, Kalb was elected to the municipal council of Künzing. From 1978 to 2002 he held the office of second mayor of the municipality. From 1978 to 1986, he was a member of the Bavarian Landtag.
From 1987 until 2017, Kalb served as a member of the Bundestag. He was a member of the Committee on Budgets of the Bundestag, a member of the Audit Committee, a deputy member of the Finance Committee, as well as a member of the Federal Funding body.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the Christian Democrats and the Free Democratic Party in 2009, Kalb was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on taxes and finances, led by Thomas de Maizière and Hermann Otto Solms. Later, in the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats following the 2013 federal elections, he was again part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on financial policy and the national budget, this time led by Wolfgang Schäuble and Olaf Scholz.Other activities
In June 2017, Kalb voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.Personal life
Kalb is a Roman Catholic; he is married and has two children.
