Michael Eckardt Thews (born 6 September 1964) is a German engineer and politician of the SPD who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.
Michael Thews | |
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 Michael Thews in 2019 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Eckardt Thews 6 September 1964 Bremerhaven, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | Paderborn University |
Early life and education
editBorn in Bremerhaven, Bremen, Thews studied at the Paderborn University.
Political career
editThews first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Hamm – Unna II district.[1]
In parliament, Thews has been a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (since 2013)[2] and the Budget Committee (since 2021).[3] From 2018 to 2021, he served on the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development. In this capacity, he has been his parliamentary group's spokesperson on sustainable development (2018–2021) and its rapporteur on the circular economy (since 2021).[4]
In addition to his committee assignments, Thews is part of the German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Other activities
edit- Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (KENFO), Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)[5]
- IG BCE, Member
References
edit- ^ "Michael Thews, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag – Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ Michael Thews Bundestag.
- ^ Anne-Marie Kriegel (30 January 2023), Kritik der Deutschen Umwelthilfe: Handel umgeht Plastiktütenverbot mit dickerem Material Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk.
- ^ Governance Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (KENFO).
External links
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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