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Revision as of 01:18, 23 February 2024
Michael Kauch | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Nicola Beer |
| Constituency | Germany |
| Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 2003–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Jürgen Möllemann |
| Constituency | Free Democratic Party List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 May 1967 Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Citizenship | German |
| Political party |  German:Free Democratic Party  EU:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Dortmund |
| Occupation | Politician |
Michael Kauch (born 4 May 1967, in Dortmund) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2024. He previously was a Member of the Bundestag between 2003 and 2013.
Early life and education
Kauch was born in Dortmund and attended the Helmholtz-Gymnasium. He studied economics at the University of Dortmund from 1986 to 1993.
Political career
Kauch became a member of the Free Democratic Party in Germany in 1989. From 1995 to 1999, he served as the chair of the Young Liberals (JuLis).[1]
On 14 June 2003 Kauch became a member of the Bundestag, taking the seat of Jürgen Möllemann who had deceased shortly before. Throughout his time in parliament, he was as a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and of the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development. He also served as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on LGBT rights, organ transplantation and palliative care (2005-2009).[2]
In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the FDP and the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) following the 2009 federal elections, Kauch led the FDP delegation in the working group on environmental policy, agriculture and consumer protection; his counterpart of the CDU/CSU was Ilse Aigner.[3]
In late 2018, Kauch announced that he would run for a parliamentary seat in the 2019 European elections;[4] however, his place on the FDP list for the elections meant that he did not win a seat in parliament.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government between the SPD, the Green Party and FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Kauch was part of his party's delegation in the working group on equality, co-chaired by Petra Köpping, Ricarda Lang and Herbert Mertin.[5]
In 2024, Kauch replaced Nicola Beer who resigned her seat in the European Parliament to move to the board of the European Investment Bank. In parliament, he has since been serving on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. In addition, he is part of the parliament’s delegation for relations with Israel.[6]
Other activities
- GLOBE Europe, President
- Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Initiative Queer Nations (IQN), Member
- Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees
Personal life
Notes
- ^ Juli-Vorsitzender greift FDP-Spitze an Die Tageszeitung, 6 April 1998.
- ^ Gustafson, Carolina; Song, Mi-Kyung (December 2020). "State of the Science of Palliative Care in Solid Organ Transplantation". Progress in Transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.). 30 (4): 382–395. doi:10.1177/1526924820958156. ISSN 2164-6708. PMID 32930042.
- ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Wen Union und FDP zum Feilschen schicken Spiegel Online, 6 October 2009.
- ^ Bernd Eyermann (November 17, 2018), Kleiner Parteitag der NRW-FDP in Bad Godesberg General-Anzeiger.
- ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (21 October 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^ Michael Kauch European Parliament.
- ^ Acht Homos im neuen Bundestag, Queer.de, 2005-09-19, retrieved 2007-09-17 (German)
External links
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
- German gay politicians
- LGBT members of the Bundestag
- 20th-century German LGBT people
- 21st-century German LGBT people
- Politicians from Dortmund
- Technical University of Dortmund alumni
- Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013
- Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009
- Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005
- Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany)