Facts: - party: cdu - office: member of the bundestag - occupation: politician - birth date: 16 may 1980 - term start: 2002 - name: jens spahn - citizenship: german - nationality: germany - image: portrait of jens spahn mdb.jpg - birth place: ahaus germany -rrb- , north rhine-westphalia , west germany -lrb- now - alma mater: university of hagen Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jens spahn .
jens spahn -lrb- born 16 may 1980 in ahaus , north rhine-westphalia -rrb- is a german politician .he is a member of the bundestag -lrb- german : '' mitglied des deutschen bundestages '' or mdb -rrb- for steinfurt i -- borken i .he is a member of the ruling christian democratic union of germany -lrb- cdu -rrb- .spahn was the youngest member of the german parliament , having been elected at age 22 in 2002 .he has since then served in the 15th , 16th and 17th bundestag , and is one of the main sponsors of pension reform in germany , being a member of the committee of health of the 17th bundestag and chairman of the working group on health and health policy as well as the spokesman of the cdu/csu health parliamentary group .