Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn

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Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn
Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office 2017
Personal details
Born	(1964-05-20) 20 May 1964 (age 57) Dinslaken, West Germany (now Germany)
Nationality	German
Political party	Greens
Children	2
Occupation	Economist

Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn (born 20 May 1964) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 2008 till 2013 and again since 2014.^[1]

Early life and education[]

After graduating from high school, Strengmann-Kuhn studied economics at the University of Bielefeld, graduating as Diplom-Volkswirt in 1992.

Early career[]

Strengmann-Kuhn then worked as a research assistant at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University from 1993 to 1995, at the Department of Economics at Goethe University Frankfurt from 1995 to 2000 and at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Hohenheim from 2001 to 2003.

Political career[]

Strengmann-Kuhn was a member of the Bundestag from 4 January 2008 to 2013 as successor to Margareta Wolf, representing the Offenbach district. At the end of January 2014, he returned to the Bundestag as successor to .^[2]

In parliament, Strengmann-Kuhn is a member of the Finance Committee and the Study Group on Vocational Education and Training.^[3][4] He also serves as his parliamentary group's spokesman on labour market policy and European social policy.^[5]

Other activities[]

• German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND), Member
• German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
• Institut Solidarische Moderne (ISM), Member

Political positions[]

Amid the European migrant crisis in 2015, Strengmann-Kuhn joined fellow Green parliamentarians Luise Amtsberg, Annalena Baerbock, Franziska Brantner and Manuel Sarrazin in calling for more responsibilities for the European Commission in managing the European Union's intake of refugees, a clear mandate for Frontex and EU-managed facilities for asylum seekers in their countries of origin.^[6]

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