Leif Bodin

Leif Erik Bodin is a German lawyer and politician from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. Since 2025, Bodin has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Early life and education

Bodin grew up in Burg Stargard in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern before his family moved to Leck in Schleswig-Holstein. After graduating from the, Bodin studied law at the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel. After the first state examination, he became a qualified lawyer.
Bodin is currently completing a Master of Laws degree and is specializing in the areas of public commercial law and labor law.

Political career

Bodin worked as an employee for members of parliament in the constituency in the areas of press and public relations and as a topic-related speaker.
While still at school, Bodin became a member of the Junge Union Nordfriesland in 2011. From 2014 he was district chairman of the Junge Union Nordfriesland. He held this office until 2023. He has been honorary chairman of the JU district association since 2023.
Since the, Bodin has been a member of the North Frisian district council for his hometown of Leck. In the, Bodin was again directly elected to the district council. There he is currently the 1st deputy parliamentary group leader of the CDU and chairman of the main committee.
Bodin has been district chairman of the CDU Nordfriesland since February 2024. He succeeded Astrid Damerow, who did not run for re-election as district chairman. In the 2025 German federal election, he succeeded Damerow as direct candidate in the Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord constituency, receiving 32.7% of the vote.