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{{short description|German politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Uli Grötsch
| name = Uli Grötsch
| office = Member of the [[Bundestag]]
| office = Member of the [[Bundestag]]
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| image = Uli Grötsch (2021).jpg
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| caption = Uli Grötsch in 2021
| term_start = [[2013 German federal election|2013]]
| term_start = [[2013 German federal election|2013]]
| term_end =
| term_end = 2024
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|7|14}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|7|14}}
| birth_place = [[Weiden in der Oberpfalz]], [[West Germany]]<br />{{small|(now Germany)}}
| birth_place = [[Weiden in der Oberpfalz]], [[West Germany]]<br />{{small|(now Germany)}}
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'''Uli Grötsch''' (born 14 July 1975) is a German politician of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the [[Bundestag]] from the state of [[Bavaria]] since 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/uli-groetsch|title=Uli Grötsch {{!}} Abgeordnetenwatch|website=www.abgeordnetenwatch.de|language=de|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref>
'''Uli Grötsch''' (born 14 July 1975) is a German politician of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) who has been serving as the German [[Bundestag]]'s [[Federal Police Commissioner]] since 2024.<ref>Konrad Litschko (15 March 2024), [https://taz.de/Neuer-Bundespolizeibeauftragter-Groetsch/!5995085/ Neuer Bundespolizeibeauftragter Grötsch: „Ich werde sehr genau hinschauen“] ''[[Die Tageszeitung]]''.</ref> He previously was as a [[Member of the German Bundestag|member of the Bundestag]] from the state of [[Bavaria]] from 2013 to 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/uli-groetsch|title=Uli Grötsch {{!}} Abgeordnetenwatch|website=www.abgeordnetenwatch.de|language=de|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> Grötsch has been police officer within the Bavarian State Police for 21 years.


== Political career ==
==Early life and career==
After school, Grötsch completed training as a police officer with the [[Bavarian State Police|Bavarian Police]]. He served in various districts. He last worked in the investigation department when he left the police department in 2013 after 21 years for his Bundestag mandate.
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Grötsch first became a member of the Bundestag in the [[2013 German federal election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spdfraktion.de/abgeordnete/groetsch|title=Uli Grötsch, MdB|date=2013-09-23|website=SPD-Bundestagsfraktion|language=de|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> He is a member of the Committee on Home Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a04|title=German Bundestag - Committee on Internal Affairs and Community|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> In 2014, he also joined the [[Parliamentary Oversight Panel (Germany)|Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr)]], which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence services [[Federal Intelligence Service (Germany)|BND]], [[Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution|BfV]] and [[Militärischer Abschirmdienst|MAD]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse/ausschuesse18/gremien18/pkgr|title=Deutscher Bundestag - Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium (PKGr)|website=Deutscher Bundestag|language=de|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref>


==Political career==
Since 2018, Grötsch has been part of a cross-party working group on a reform of Germany’s [[Electoral system of Germany|electoral system]], chaired by [[Wolfgang Schäuble]].<ref>Robert Roßmann (January 20, 2019), [https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/wahlrecht-der-bundestag-soll-kleiner-und-weiblicher-werden-1.4295342 Kleiner, feiner, weiblicher] ''[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]''.</ref>
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Grötsch first became a member of the Bundestag in the [[2013 German federal election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spdfraktion.de/abgeordnete/groetsch|title=Uli Grötsch, MdB|date=2013-09-23|website=SPD-Bundestagsfraktion|language=de|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> He is a member of the Committee on Home Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a04|title=German Bundestag - Committee on Internal Affairs and Community|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> In 2014, he also joined the [[Parliamentary Oversight Panel (Germany)|Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr)]], which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence services [[Federal Intelligence Service (Germany)|BND]], [[Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution|BfV]] and [[Militärischer Abschirmdienst|MAD]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse/ausschuesse18/gremien18/pkgr|title=Deutscher Bundestag - Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium (PKGr)|website=Deutscher Bundestag|language=de|access-date=2020-03-19|archive-date=13 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213120831/https://www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse/ausschuesse18/gremien18/pkgr|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In early 2021, Grötsch was chosen to lead his party's campaign for the [[2021 German federal election|national elections]].<ref>[https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/uli-groetsch-fuehrt-bayerns-spd-in-die-bundestagswahl,SRXHDlU Uli Grötsch führt Bayerns SPD in die Bundestagswahl] ''[[Bayerischer Rundfunk]]'', March 13, 2021.</ref> Shortly after, he lost a vote to succeed [[Natascha Kohnen]] as chair of the SPD in Bavaria.<ref>Mike Schier and Dirk Walter (April 23, 2021), [https://www.merkur.de/politik/spd-bayern-kohnen-nachfolge-doppelspitze-vorsitzender-landesfraktion-kandidaten-von-brunn-endres-groetsch-90471365.html Bayern-SPD will Kohnen-Nachfolge regeln - wird es eine Doppelspitze?] ''[[Münchner Merkur]]''.</ref><ref>Irene Esmann (April 24, 2021), [https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/bayern-spd-beschliesst-mit-ronja-endres-und-florian-von-brunn-doppelspitze,SVUHlXs BayernSPD: Neue Doppelspitze will nicht leisetreten] ''[[Bayerischer Rundfunk]]''.</ref>
From 2018, Grötsch was part of a cross-party working group on a reform of Germany’s [[Electoral system of Germany|electoral system]], chaired by [[Wolfgang Schäuble]].<ref>Robert Roßmann (January 20, 2019), [https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/wahlrecht-der-bundestag-soll-kleiner-und-weiblicher-werden-1.4295342 Kleiner, feiner, weiblicher] ''[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]''.</ref>
In early 2021, Grötsch was chosen to lead his party's campaign for the [[2021 German federal election|national elections]].<ref>[https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/uli-groetsch-fuehrt-bayerns-spd-in-die-bundestagswahl,SRXHDlU Uli Grötsch führt Bayerns SPD in die Bundestagswahl] ''[[Bayerischer Rundfunk]]'', March 13, 2021.</ref> Shortly after, he lost a vote to succeed [[Natascha Kohnen]] as chair of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] in [[Bavaria]].<ref>Mike Schier and Dirk Walter (April 23, 2021), [https://www.merkur.de/politik/spd-bayern-kohnen-nachfolge-doppelspitze-vorsitzender-landesfraktion-kandidaten-von-brunn-endres-groetsch-90471365.html Bayern-SPD will Kohnen-Nachfolge regeln - wird es eine Doppelspitze?] ''[[Münchner Merkur]]''.</ref><ref>Irene Esmann (April 24, 2021), [https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/bayern-spd-beschliesst-mit-ronja-endres-und-florian-von-brunn-doppelspitze,SVUHlXs BayernSPD: Neue Doppelspitze will nicht leisetreten] ''[[Bayerischer Rundfunk]]''.</ref>

==Federal Police Commissioner==
Grötsch was elected to the first Federal Police Commissioner in 2023.

The Federal Police Commissioner has the task of identifying and investigating structural deficiencies and undesirable developments in the [[Federal Police (Germany)|Federal Police]], the [[Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)|Federal Criminal Police Office]] and the police at the German Bundestag (federal police authorities). It also investigates misconduct by employees of the federal police authorities, in particular that which results in a violation of fundamental rights, in particular Article 3 of the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|Basic Law]] (prohibition of discrimination).The commissioner has a team of 18 employees working on his staff.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Litschko |first=Konrad |date=2024-03-15 |title=Neuer Bundespolizeibeauftragter Grötsch: "Ich werde sehr genau hinschauen" |url=https://taz.de/!5995085/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |work=Die Tageszeitung: taz |language=de |issn=0931-9085}}</ref>

Grötsch sees the compatibility of membership in the right-wing extremist AfD and serving as a police officer as problematic. The vigilance of emergency services against right-wing extremism must be heightened, he said in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Polizeibeauftragter sieht AfD-Mitgliedschaft von Polizisten kritisch |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/polizei-afd-groetsch-100.html |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=tagesschau.de |language=de}}</ref>


== Other activities ==
== Other activities ==
* Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)<ref>[https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/news/neukonstituierung_politischer_beirat-20200701/ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums] Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020.</ref>
* Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)<ref>[https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/news/neukonstituierung_politischer_beirat-20200701/ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420002356/https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/news/neukonstituierung_politischer_beirat-20200701/ |date=20 April 2022 }} Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020.</ref>
* [[Federal Agency for Civic Education]] (BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees<ref>[https://www.bpb.de/die-bpb/51246/kuratorium Board of Trustees] [[Federal Agency for Civic Education]] (BPB).</ref>
* [[Federal Agency for Civic Education]] (BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees<ref>[https://www.bpb.de/die-bpb/51246/kuratorium Board of Trustees] [[Federal Agency for Civic Education]] (BPB).</ref>
* [[Gewerkschaft der Polizei|Trade Union of the Police]] (GdP), Member
* [[Gewerkschaft der Polizei|Trade Union of the Police]] (GdP), Member
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Latest revision as of 03:52, 4 June 2024

Uli Grötsch
Uli Grötsch in 2021
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2013–2024
Succeeded byHeike Heubach
Personal details
Born (1975-07-14) 14 July 1975 (age 49)
Weiden in der Oberpfalz, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySPD

Uli Grötsch (born 14 July 1975) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the German Bundestag's Federal Police Commissioner since 2024.[1] He previously was as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria from 2013 to 2024.[2] Grötsch has been police officer within the Bavarian State Police for 21 years.

Early life and career

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After school, Grötsch completed training as a police officer with the Bavarian Police. He served in various districts. He last worked in the investigation department when he left the police department in 2013 after 21 years for his Bundestag mandate.

Political career

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Grötsch first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[3] He is a member of the Committee on Home Affairs.[4] In 2014, he also joined the Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence services BND, BfV and MAD.[5]

From 2018, Grötsch was part of a cross-party working group on a reform of Germany’s electoral system, chaired by Wolfgang Schäuble.[6]

In early 2021, Grötsch was chosen to lead his party's campaign for the national elections.[7] Shortly after, he lost a vote to succeed Natascha Kohnen as chair of the SPD in Bavaria.[8][9]

Federal Police Commissioner

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Grötsch was elected to the first Federal Police Commissioner in 2023.

The Federal Police Commissioner has the task of identifying and investigating structural deficiencies and undesirable developments in the Federal Police, the Federal Criminal Police Office and the police at the German Bundestag (federal police authorities). It also investigates misconduct by employees of the federal police authorities, in particular that which results in a violation of fundamental rights, in particular Article 3 of the Basic Law (prohibition of discrimination).The commissioner has a team of 18 employees working on his staff.[10]

Grötsch sees the compatibility of membership in the right-wing extremist AfD and serving as a police officer as problematic. The vigilance of emergency services against right-wing extremism must be heightened, he said in March 2024.[11]

Other activities

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References

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  1. ^ Konrad Litschko (15 March 2024), Neuer Bundespolizeibeauftragter Grötsch: „Ich werde sehr genau hinschauen“ Die Tageszeitung.
  2. ^ "Uli Grötsch | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Uli Grötsch, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on Internal Affairs and Community". German Bundestag. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium (PKGr)". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. ^ Robert Roßmann (January 20, 2019), Kleiner, feiner, weiblicher Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  7. ^ Uli Grötsch führt Bayerns SPD in die Bundestagswahl Bayerischer Rundfunk, March 13, 2021.
  8. ^ Mike Schier and Dirk Walter (April 23, 2021), Bayern-SPD will Kohnen-Nachfolge regeln - wird es eine Doppelspitze? Münchner Merkur.
  9. ^ Irene Esmann (April 24, 2021), BayernSPD: Neue Doppelspitze will nicht leisetreten Bayerischer Rundfunk.
  10. ^ Litschko, Konrad (15 March 2024). "Neuer Bundespolizeibeauftragter Grötsch: "Ich werde sehr genau hinschauen"". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Polizeibeauftragter sieht AfD-Mitgliedschaft von Polizisten kritisch". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  12. ^ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Archived 20 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020.
  13. ^ Board of Trustees Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB).
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