Manfred Behrens
Manfred Behrens | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
In office 2009–2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Magdeburg, East Germany (now Germany) | 28 October 1956
Citizenship | German |
Nationality | German |
Political party | CDU |
Manfred Behrens (born 28 October 1956) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a Member of the German Bundestag for Saxony-Anhalt from 2009 until 2021.[1]
Early life and career[]
Manfred Behrens was born in Magdeburg. He completed an apprenticeship as a car mechanic and worked in the catering industry before being elected mayor of in 1990. Since 1992, Behrens is a member of the CDU, since 2004 Chairman of the CDU local associations Barleben / Ebendorf / Meitzendorf. In 1999 he also moved to the district council for the CDU. From 2001 to 2003, he worked as an employee of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.
Political career[]
In the German federal elections on 27 September 2009, Behrens won the direct mandate in the Bundestag constituency Börde - Jerichower Land and became a member of the German Bundestag. In the 17th legislature, he was full member of the Interior Committee and deputy member of the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.[2]
In the 2013 federal elections, Behrens again won the direct mandate for his constituency. He subsequently became a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure, where he served as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on for accessibility and consumer protection, and a deputy member of the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In the 2017 federal elections, he won his constituency again.[1] In addition to his committee assignments, Behrens was a member of the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group and of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for the States of East Africa, which is in charge of maintaining inter-parliamentary relations with Ethiopia, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda.
Behrens decided to run again in the 2021 German federal election.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Manfred Behrens (Börde), CDU/CSU, Bundestag.de
- ^ Wahl des 17. Deutschen Bundestages am 27. September 2009, Ergebnisse in Sachsen-Anhalt, stala.de
- ^ Michael Bock (2020-09-29). "Kees de Vries verliert bei Nominierung". volksstimme.de (in German). Volksstimme Magdeburg.
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
- Members of the Bundestag for Saxony-Anhalt
- Politicians from Magdeburg
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017
- Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013
- Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany