Bernhard Daldrup (born 1 June 1956) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.[1]
Bernhard Daldrup | |
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_01.jpg) Bernhard Daldrup in 2020 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 June 1956 Sendenhorst, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | SPD |
Education and early career
editDaldrup received his master's degree in 1983 after studying political science, philosophy and German literature at the University of Münster.
Daldrup then worked as an assistant, initially to the then State Minister of Justice Inge Donnepp, and later to Günter Harms, Member of the State Parliament. From 1986 to 1990 he was a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration North Rhine-Westphalia. From 1991 to 2003 he was head of the Office for Urban Development and Economic Development of the City of Beckum.
Political career
editSince 2003, Daldrup has been the state manager of the Social Democratic Community for Local Government in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Daldrup first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[2] In parliament, he is a member of the Committee for Construction, Housing, Urban Development and Communities and the Finance Committee.[3][4] He is also his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for housing, urban development and construction.[5]
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the FDP under Chancellor Olaf Scholz following the 2021 federal elections, Daldrup was part of his party's delegation in the working group on building and housing, chaired by Kevin Kühnert, Christian Kühn and Daniel Föst.[6]
In October 2024, Daldrup announced that he would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[7]
Political positions
editWithin his parliamentary group, Daldrup belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Bernhard Daldrup | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Bernhard Daldrup, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on Building, Housing, Urban Development and Local Government". German Bundestag. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Jonas Jordan (17 December 2021), SPD-Fraktion: Das sind die Sprecher*innen der Ausschussarbeitsgruppen[permanent dead link] Vorwärts.
- ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung’'.
- ^ Christoph Ackfeld (25 October 2024), Daldrup (SPD) verzichtet auf erneute Kandidatur Die Glocke.
- ^ Members Parliamentary Left.
External links
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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