Markus Töns

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Markus Töns
Markus Töns (2018).jpg
Markus Töns in 2018
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1964-01-01) 1 January 1964 (age 57)
Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD

Markus Töns (born 1 January 1964) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.

Political career[]

From 2005 until 2017 Töns served as a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. In this capacity, he also represented the state on the European Committee of the Regions from 2012 until 2017.

Töns became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, representing Gelsenkirchen.[1] In parliament, he is a member of the Committee on European Union Affairs and the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy.[2][3] In this capacity, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on Brexit.

Other activities[]

  • Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[4]
  • German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member

References[]

  1. ^ "Markus Töns, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  2. ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on European Union Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Economic Affairs and Energy". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  4. ^ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020.

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