Martin Rabanus

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Martin Rabanus
Martin Rabanus (2016).jpg
Martin Rabanus in 2016
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1971-09-22) 22 September 1971 (age 49)
Fulda, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD
Alma materGoethe University Frankfurt

Martin Rabanus (born 22 September 1971) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2013.[1]

Political career[]

Rabanus first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[2] He was a member of the Committee for Education, Research and Technology Assessment from 2014 until 2019 before moving to the Committee for Culture and Media.[3]

In addition to his committee assignments, Rabanus has been chairing the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Southern African States since 2016.

In the negotiations to form the fourth coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Rabanus was part of the working group on cultural affairs and media, led by Monika Grütters, Dorothee Bär and Michael Roth.

Other activities[]

  • German Adult Education Association (DVV), Chairman of the Board (since 2019)
  • Deutsche Welle, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)
  • Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)
  • German Federal Film Board (FFA), Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)
  • Haus der Geschichte, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)
  • German Foundation for World Population (DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Martin Rabanus | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  2. ^ "Martin Rabanus, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Cultural and Media Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  4. ^ Advisory Board German Foundation for World Population (DSW).

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