Sebastian Brehm (born 18 October 1971) is a German tax advisor and politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2017.
Sebastian Brehm | |
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 Sebastian Brehm in 2018 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Dagmar Wöhrl |
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| Born | 18 October 1971 Nürnberg, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | CSU |
| Alma mater | University of Erlangen–Nuremberg |
Early life and career
editAfter graduating from high school in 1991 in Nuremberg, he completed his military service in Amberg from 1991 to 1992. He then studied business administration at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1992 to 1998, graduating as a Diplom-Kaufmann. In 2002, he was appointed as a tax consultant by the Nuremberg Chamber of Tax Advisors and has been working as a self-employed tax consultant in Nuremberg since 2003.
His political engagement began in his youth: in 1988, he joined the Young Union and the CSU. From 1990 to 1992, he served as the chairman of the Schüler Union Nürnberg. From 2002 to 2017, he was a member of the Nuremberg City Council, and from 2009 to 2017, he held the position of faction leader of the CSU in the Nuremberg City Council[1] .
Political career
editBrehm became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election.[2] He is a member of the Finance Committee and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.[3][4] In that capacity, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on human rights issues in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Romania and Bulgaria, among others.
Within his parliamentary group, Brehm coordinates the CSU parliamentarians’ legislative activities on financial policy.[5]
In 2019, German media reported that Brehm was the parliamentarian who reported the highest income from activities unrelated to his mandate that year with 1.383.500 €.[6]
Since 2021, Brehm has been serving as one of two treasurers of the CSU, under the leadership of chairman Markus Söder.[7]
Other activities
editGovernment agencies
edit- Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees (2018–2021)[8]
Non-profit organizations
edit- German Red Cross (DRK), Member (since 2005)
- Rotary International, Member (since 2003)
Political positions
editIn September 2020, Brehm was one of 15 members of his parliamentary group who joined Norbert Röttgen in writing an open letter to Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer which called on Germany and other EU counties to take in 5000 immigrants who were left without shelter after fires gutted the overcrowded Mória Reception and Identification Centre on the Greek island of Lesbos.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Abgeordnete, Sebastian Brehm, CDU/CSU". Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Sebastian Brehm". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ Christian Ramthun (1 February 2022), Union erhöht den Druck: Das Soli-Problem des Christian Lindner Wirtschaftswoche.
- ^ Holscher, Max; Pauly, Marcel (2019-08-16). "Bundestag: Das sind die Top-Verdiener unter den Abgeordneten". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ Neuer CSU-Vorstand kommt zusammen: Präsenzsitzung in München Die Zeit.
- ^ Board of Trustees Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB).
- ^ Ellen Hasenkamp and Stefan Kegel (September 11, 2020), [https://www.tagblatt.de/Nachrichten/Rufe-nach-Aufnahme-von-Fluechtlingen-werden-lauter-471159.html Brandkatastrophe: Rufe nach Aufnahme von Flüchtlingen werden lauterSchwäbisches Tagblatt.
External links
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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