Sven Schulze
Sven Schulze MEP | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 2021 | |
| Constituency | Germany |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 July 1979 Quedlinburg, Germany |
| Political party |  GermanChristian Democratic Union  EUEuropean People's Party |
Sven Schulze (born 31 July 1979) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister for Economic Affairs in the government of Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff since 2021.[1] He was previously a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2021.[2]
Education and early career[]
Schulze studied industrial engineering at Technical University Clausthal, and then worked as a sales manager in a medium-sized engineering company in Harz.
Political career[]
Early beginnings[]
In 1997, Schulze joined the CDU and the Junge Union (youth of CDU). He was a member of the city council of Heteborn and in the county council of Quedlinburg.
Since 2006, Schulze has been a board member of the CDU from Saxony-Anhalt and the chairman of the Junge Union of Saxony-Anhalt. In 2011, he became chairman of the working committee for European affairs of the CDU of Saxony-Anhalt.
Member of the European Parliament, 2014–2021[]
In 2014, Schulze was elected to the European Parliament. In Parliament, he served as vice-chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism from 2019. He was previously a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (2017-2019), the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
In addition to his committee assignments, Schulze was part of the parliament's delegations for relations with the Mashreq Countries, the Parliamentary Assembly - Union for the Mediterranean and with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (since 2021).[3] He also served as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Biodiversity, Countryside, Hunting and Recreational Fisheries.[4]
Career in state politics[]
Since 2021, Schulze has been serving as chairman of the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt.[5]
As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat since 2021, Schulze serves on the Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Economic Affairs. He is also a member of the German-Russian Friendship Group set up by the Bundesrat and the Russian Federation Council.
Political positions[]
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2022, Schulze publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Armin Laschet as the party’s chair.[6]
References[]
- ^ Sachsen-Anhalts CDU-Chef im Interview: „Das war kein Kampf Schulze gegen Willingmann“ Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, September 9, 2021.
- ^ "European elections: MEP lists country-by-country (Complete)". The Parliament Magazine. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ Mia Bartoloni (March 26, 2021), Movers & Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
- ^ Member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Biodiversity, Countryside, Hunting and Recreational Fisheries European Parliament.
- ^ Hagen Eichler (March 28, 2021), Antritt in der Krise: Sven Schulze ist CDU-Chef „Stimmung in der Partei ist nicht gut“ Mitteldeutsche Zeitung.
- ^ Rückendeckung für Merz aus Thüringen und Sachsen-Anhalt Die Welt, 16 November 2021.
External links[]
- http://www.schulze-europa.de
- http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/de/124809/SVEN_SCHULZE_home.html
- http://www.cdulsa.de/index.php?id=81
- http://www.schulze-europa.de/
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