Oliver Vogt


Oliver Vogt is a German teacher and politician of the Christian Democratic Union who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 elections, representing the Minden-Lübbecke I district.

Early life and career

Vogt was born in 1977 in the East German town of Neuhaus am Rennweg and became a member of the Bundestag in 2021.
Vogt grew up in Espelkamp, where he graduated from the Söderblom-Gymnasium in 1997. From 1997 to 1998 he did his basic military service in the Navy, serving at the Eckernförde, Flensburg and Glücksburg-Meierwik locations. From 1998 to 2004 he studied physics at the University of Bielefeld, where he graduated as a physicist. He then worked as a research assistant and received his doctorate in 2007.
Starting in 2008 Vogt began work as a physics and mathematics high school teacher at the Besselgymnasium Minden.

Political career

In parliament, Vogt has been serving on the Budget Committee and the Audit Committe. On the Budget Committee, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity.