Georg Kippels
Appearance
Georg Kippels | |
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![]() Georg Kippels in 2013 | |
Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2013 | |
Preceded by | Willi Zylajew |
Personal details | |
Born | Bedburg, West Germany (now Germany) | 21 September 1959
Political party | CDU |
Alma mater | University of Cologne |
Georg Kippels (born 21 September 1959) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.
Political career
[edit]Kippels first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[1] He has since been serving on the Health Committee on Health and the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development.[2][3] In 2018, he also joined the newly established Sub-Committee on Global Health.
In addition to his committee assignments, Kippels serves as the deputy chairman of the German-Mexican Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Other activities
[edit]- German Network against Neglected Tropical Diseases (DNTDs), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (since 2018)[4]
- German Health Partnership (GHP), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2017)
- "End Polio Now", Chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (2018–2022)[5]
- German Foundation for World Population (DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board[6]
- German Red Cross (DRK), Member
- Lions Clubs International, Member
Political positions
[edit]In June 2017, Kippels voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dr. Georg Kippels". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag – Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag – Economic Cooperation and Development". German Bundestag. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Parlamentarischer Beirat setzt sich für die Stärkung von Gesundheitssystemen ein und will Vernachlässigten eine Stimme geben, 14 June 2018 German Network against Neglected Tropical Diseases (DNTDs).
- ^ Matthias Schütt (1 June 2018), Großes Interesse an der Polio-Kampagne Rotary Magazin.
- ^ Advisory Board German Foundation for World Population (DSW).
- ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, 30 June 2017.
External links
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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- Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
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- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
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- Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
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