Lorenz Caffier

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Lorenz Caffier
People's Chamber of East Germany
In office
1990–1990
Succeeded byNone
Personal details
Born (1954-12-24) 24 December 1954 (age 69)
Christian Democratic Union

Lorenz Caffier (24 December 1954 in

Christian Democratic Union in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
.

Political career

Caffier served as State Minister of the Interior (2006–2020) and as Deputy Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (2011–2020) in the governments of Minister-Presidents

Bundesrat, he chaired its Defence Committee from 2006. In addition, he led the Bundesrat delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly from 2010 to 2020. He was also a member of the German-Russian Friendship Group set up by the Bundesrat and the Russian Federation Council
.

Together with Stefan Mappus, Reiner Haseloff, Frank Henkel, Peter Hintze, Julia Klöckner, Christine Lieberknecht and Thomas Röwekamp, Caffier co-chaired the CDU’s national convention in Karlsruhe in 2010.[2]

In the negotiations to form a

Stephan Mayer and Heiko Maas
.

Caffier was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.

In September 2020, Caffier announced that he would not stand in the 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election but instead resign from active politics by the end of the legislative term.[3]

On 17 November 2020 he resigned from his office as Minister of the Interior.

Other activities

  • 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, Member of the Board of Trustees[4]
  • German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK), Member of the Board of Trustees[5]
  • Achterkerke Stiftung für Kinder, Member of the Board of Trustees

Political positions

In 2012, Caffier caused controversy when he proposed that football fans might have to pass through "face scanners" at stadiums, comparing visitors' biometric data to a database of known football rioters.[6]

In 2014, Caffier joined other German interior ministers in launching a suit to ban the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD).[7]

In an effort to respond to growing security fears among the public during the

niqab garments, arguing that the full body veil is a barrier to integration, encourages parallel societies and suggests women are inferior.[8]

Personal life

Caffier was born on 24 December 1954 in Weixdorf (now a part of Dresden), Saxony and is the third son of a pastor and his wife.[9] Caffier lives in Neustrelitz with his wife.[9]

Sources

  1. ^ "Der Minister - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Das Regierungsportal". www.regierung-mv.de. Archived from the original on 2008-04-14.
  2. ^ Protokoll: Protokoll: 23. Parteitag der CDU Deutschlands, 15. – 16. November 2010, Karlsruhe Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
  3. ^ MV: Innenminister Caffier kandidiert 2021 nicht für Landtag RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland, September 23, 2020.
  4. ^ WM-Kuratorium unter Vorsitz von Dr. Thomas Bach FIFA, press release of 30 September 2008.
  5. ^ Board of Trustees German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK).
  6. ^ Alice Baghdjian (February 3, 2012), German soccer fans angered by face-scan plan Reuters.
  7. ^ Renuka Rayasam (February 18, 2016), Could Germany’s attempt to ban neo-Nazis backfire? Reuters.
  8. ^ Caroline Copley and Michelle Martin (August 19, 2016), German conservatives call for partial ban on face veil Reuters.
  9. ^ a b "über mich". lorenz-caffier.de. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

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