Stefan Naas

Stefan Naas (born 23 November 1973) is a German politician from the Free Democratic Party. From 2009 to 2018 he served as mayor of the city of Steinbach (Taunus). He has been a member of the Landtag of Hesse since January 2019.

Early life Stefan Naas was born in Frankfurt and grew up in Steinbach (Taunus).

After attending the local Geschwister-Scholl elementary school and graduating from the in Kronberg im Taunus in 1993, he first completed an apprenticeship at a bank.

From 1995 to 2000 he studied law at the Goethe University Frankfurt.

Until his election as mayor in Steinbach in 2009, Naas worked as a government councillor in the tax office in Frankfurt, and from 2006 to 2008 at the Hessian Ministry of Finance. From 2008 to 2009 he worked in the office of the Hessian Economics Minister as a parliamentary and cabinet secretary.

Political career Naas was first elected to the local council in his hometown of Steinbach (Taunus) in 1993. When he was re-elected in 2015, he received 87.1% of the vote.

In the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority, he has been a member of the association chamber since 2007, was chairman of the FDP group from 2008 to 2011, chairman of the independent group from 2011 to 2018 and has served on the regional board since 2019.

In the Hochtaunus district, Naas is the chairman of the district parliamentary group. In addition, he has chaired the Rhine-Main FDP district association since 2014. Since 1 November 2016, he has been the leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the .

On 20 July 2022, he was nominated by the state executive of the FDP as the top candidate in the 2023 Hessian state election.