Tankred Schipanski

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Tankred Schipanski
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Tankred Schipanski in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born (1976-12-30) 30 December 1976 (age 44)
Leipzig, East Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU

Tankred Schipanski (born 30 December 1976) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia since the 2009 elections.

Early life and career[]

Born in Leipzig, Saxony, Schipanski is the son of academic and politician Dagmar Schipanski. After completing his military service with the 37th Panzergrenadier Brigade in Bad Salzungen, he studied law at the University of Bayreuth from 1996 until 2002. From 2005 until 2009, he worked at Technische Universität Ilmenau (TU Ilmenau).

Political career[]

Schipanski first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 elections.[1] In parliament, he is a member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment and the Committee on the Digital Agenda.[2][3] Since 2018, he has also been serving as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on digital affairs.[4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Schipanski has been a substitute member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2020, where he serves on the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media.[5]

In the negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Schipanski was part of the working group on education policy, led by Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Stefan Müller and Hubertus Heil.

Other activities[]

Corporate boards[]

  • Rapid Venture Accounting, Member of the Supervisory Board
  • SRH Hochschule Berlin, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2014)

Non-profit organizations[]

  • Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (CAESAR), Member of the Foundation Board (since 2010)[6]
  • Association of Private Higher Education Institutions (VPH), Member of the Board of Trustees[7]
  • Fraunhofer Society, Member of the Senate[8]
  • Rotary International, Member

Political positions[]

In June 2017, Schipanski voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[9]

In 2019, Schipanski joined 14 members of his parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Angela Merkel and party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservatives Friedrich Merz and Roland Koch.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tankred Schipanski". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. ^ "German Bundestag - Education, Research and Technology Assessment". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Digital Agenda". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  4. ^ Douglas Busvine and Andreas Rinke (April 23, 2020), Germany at odds with Apple on smartphone coronavirus contact tracing Reuters.
  5. ^ Bela Bach Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  6. ^ Foundation Board Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (CAESAR).
  7. ^ Board of Trustees Association of Private Higher Education Institutions (VPH).
  8. ^ Senate Fraunhofer Society.
  9. ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  10. ^ Jens Schneider (October 30, 2019), Machtkampf in der CDU: Abgeordnete nennen parteiinterne Kritik "extrem schädlich" Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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