Uli Grötsch

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Uli Grötsch
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1975-07-14) 14 July 1975 (age 46)
Weiden in der Oberpfalz, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD

Uli Grötsch (born 14 July 1975) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013.[1]

Political career[]

Grötsch first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[2] He is a member of the Committee on Home Affairs.[3] In 2014, he also joined the Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence services BND, BfV and MAD.[4]

Since 2018, Grötsch has been part of a cross-party working group on a reform of Germany’s electoral system, chaired by Wolfgang Schäuble.[5]

In early 2021, Grötsch was chosen to lead his party's campaign for the national elections.[6] Shortly after, he lost a vote to succeed Natascha Kohnen as chair of the SPD in Bavaria.[7][8]

Other activities[]

  • Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[9]
  • Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees[10]
  • Trade Union of the Police (GdP), Member
  • Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie, Member

References[]

  1. ^ "Uli Grötsch | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  2. ^ "Uli Grötsch, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on Internal Affairs and Community". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  4. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium (PKGr)". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  5. ^ Robert Roßmann (January 20, 2019), Kleiner, feiner, weiblicher Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  6. ^ Uli Grötsch führt Bayerns SPD in die Bundestagswahl Bayerischer Rundfunk, March 13, 2021.
  7. ^ Mike Schier and Dirk Walter (April 23, 2021), Bayern-SPD will Kohnen-Nachfolge regeln - wird es eine Doppelspitze? Münchner Merkur.
  8. ^ Irene Esmann (April 24, 2021), BayernSPD: Neue Doppelspitze will nicht leisetreten Bayerischer Rundfunk.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Board of Trustees Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB).

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