Markus Kurth (politician)

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Markus Kurth
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Markus Kurth in 2006
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1966-04-14) 14 April 1966 (age 55)
Beuel, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyGreens
Children1

Markus Kurth (born 14 April 1966) is a German politician. Born in Beuel, North Rhine-Westphalia, he represents the Alliance 90/The Greens. Markus Kurth has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2002.[1]

Life[]

After graduating from high school in 1985 at the Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium in Bonn, Kurth did his civilian service with the Caritas Association Bonn until 1987 and then studied political science at the Free University of Berlin, which he completed in 1993 with a degree in political science. He then worked as a research assistant at the Department of Sociology at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf from 1994 to 1997 and as a freelance political consultant from 1997 to 1998. In 1998, he joined the Initiativkreis Emscherregion as a research associate and in 2002 took over the responsibilities of an education manager at the Heinrich Böll Foundation North Rhine-Westphalia. He became member of the bundestag after the 2002 German federal election.[2] He is a member of the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and spokesman for his group on pension policy.[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Markus Kurth | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  2. ^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Labour and Social Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  4. ^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Die fachpolitischen SprecherInnen". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.

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