Wolfgang Hellmich

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Wolfgang Hellmich
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Wolfgang Hellmich in 2012
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2012
Personal details
Born (1958-05-05) 5 May 1958 (age 65)
Welver, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySPD

Wolfgang Hellmich (born 5 May 1958) 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 2012.

Political career

Hellmich became a member of the Bundestag in 2012 when he took the seat vacated by Michael Groschek.[1] He is a member of the Defence Committee – which he chaired from 2015 until 2021 – and the 1st Committee of Inquiry of the Defence Committee.[2]

In addition to his committee assignments, Hellmich co-chaired the German-Slovenian Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2014 until 2019. Since 2014, he has also been a member of the German delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where he is part of the Defence and Security Committee and the Political Committee.[3] In 2022, he joined the parliamentary body charged with overseeing a 100 billion euro special fund to strengthen Germany’s armed forces.

Other activities

References

  1. ^ "Wolfgang Hellmich, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 25 June 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. ^ "German Bundestag - Defence". German Bundestag. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ Wolfgang Hellmich NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
  4. ^ Advisory Board Deutsche Maritime Akademie.

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