Bartholomäus Kalb
Bartholomäus Kalb (born 13 July 1949 in Mamming) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). 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 subcommittee of the Committee on Budgets), 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 (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) 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 (SPD) 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. Political positions. 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.