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'''Fritz Felgentreu''' (born 1 September |
'''Fritz Felgentreu''' (born 1 September 1968 in [[Kiel]]) is a German politician of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the [[Bundestag]] from the state of [[Berlin]] since 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/fritz-felgentreu|title=Fritz Felgentreu {{!}} Abgeordnetenwatch|website=www.abgeordnetenwatch.de|language=de|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:33, 20 September 2020
Fritz Felgentreu | |
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_02.jpg) Fritz Felgentreu in 2017 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Stefanie Vogelsang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1968 Kiel, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | SPD |
Fritz Felgentreu (born 1 September 1968 in Kiel) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Berlin since 2013.[1]
Education and early career
Born in Kiel, Felgentreu graduated from high school in Büsum in 1987 and then served in the German Armed Forces for two years.
Felgentreu has been living in Berlin since 1989. From 1989 to 1995 he studied classical philology, Slavic studies and psychology at the Free University of Berlin and received his doctorate in 1998 under Widu-Wolfgang Ehlers. From 1998 to 2008 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Classical Philology at the Free University of Berlin. He also taught at Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster from 2010 until 2013.
Political career
Felgentreu first became member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[2] In parliament, he has since been a member of the Defense Committee.[3] From 2014 until 2017, he also served on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, where his was his parliamentary group's rapporteur on alimony.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Felgentreu was part of the working group on foreign policy, led by Ursula von der Leyen, Gerd Müller and Sigmar Gabriel. Since 2018, he has been serving as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on defense policy.[4][5]
In June 2020, Felgentreu announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[6]
Other activities
- German Historical Museum, Member of the Board of Trustees (2018-2019)[7]
References
- ^ "Fritz Felgentreu | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ^ "Dr. Fritz Felgentreu, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Defence". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ^ Fritz Felgentreu SPD Parliamentary Group
- ^ Guy Chazan (July 13, 2018), Ursula von der Leyen, Germany’s unflappable defence minister Financial Times.
- ^ Georg Ismar and Ulrich Zawatka-Gerlach (June 11, 2020), SPD-Fraktion verliert Verteidigungsfachmann: Fritz Felgentreu kündigt seinen Abschied an Der Tagesspiegel.
- ^ Fritz Felgentreu SPD Parliamentary Group
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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