Kai Gehring

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Kai Gehring
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Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2005
Personal details
Born (1977-12-26) 26 December 1977 (age 43)
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Northrhine-Westphalia
NationalityGerman
Political partyAlliance '90/The Greens
Alma materRuhr University Bochum
ProfessionSociologist
Websitewww.kai-gehring.de

Kai Gehring (born 26 December 1977) is a German politician of the Green Party who has been serving as a Member of the German Parliament since 2005.

Early life and education[]

After receiving his Abitur in Velbert, Gehring majored in social sciences at the Ruhr University Bochum, earning his Diplom in 2003.

Political career[]

Having joined the liberal party Alliance '90/The Greens in 1998, Gehring was elected to the Bundestag in the 2005 federal election. He was able to retain his seat in the 2009 election.

Since joining the parliament, Gehring has been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment. In 2011, he became his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for research and universities.

In addition to his committee assignments, Gehring has served as deputy chairman of the German-Greek Parliamentary Friendship Group (2013-2017); the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East (since 2018), which is in charge of maintaining inter-parliamentary relations with Bahrain, Irak, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and the Palestinian territories; and the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Central African States (since 2018).

Other activities[]

  • Aktion Deutschland Hilft (Germany's Relief Coalition), Member of the Board of Trustees[1]
  • Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst, Member of the Board of Trustees
  • Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees
  • FernUniversität Hagen, Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Board
  • German National Association for Student Affairs, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees[2]
  • Heinrich Böll Foundation, Member of the Advisory Board on Student Affairs[3]
  • Leibniz Association, Member of the Senate
  • Amnesty International, Member
  • Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD), Member

References[]

  1. ^ Board of Trustees Aktion Deutschland Hilft.
  2. ^ Board of Trustees German National Association for Student Affairs.
  3. ^ Advisory Board on Student Affairs Heinrich Böll Foundation.

External links[]

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