Michael Gerdes (born 23 May 1960) 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 2009.[1]
Michael Gerdes | |
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 Michael Gerdes in 2020 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 May 1960 Bottrop, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | SPD |
Political career
editGerdes joined the SPD in 1976 and later became a board member of the local SPD branch in Boverheide. He has been a member of the Bottrop city council since 1994. There he became deputy chairman of his parliamentary group and chairman of the sports and pools committee.[2] He is also a member of the regional council of the Münster administrative district. Until 2017 he was also sub-district chairman of the SPD Bottrop.[3]
Member of the German Parliament, 2009–present
editGerdes first became a member of the Bundestag after the 2009 German federal election.[4] Since 2009 he has been a directly elected member of the Bundestag for constituency 125 (Bottrop, Gladbeck and Dorsten) and was re-elected to the Bundestag in 2013, 2017 and 2021.[5]
In parliament, Gerdes has been serving as a member of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs.[6]
In early 2024, Gerdes 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]
References
edit- ^ "Michael Gerdes | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Michael Gerdes › Michael Gerdes MdB" (in German). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Michael Gerdes › Michael Gerdes MdB" (in German). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Michael Gerdes, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 27 June 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Michael Gerdes › Michael Gerdes MdB" (in German). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "German Bundestag – Labour and Social Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Matthias Düngelhoff (13 April 2024), Bundestagswahl: SPD Gladbeck legt bei Kandidatenkür vor Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
External links
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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