Roland Vogt
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Roland Vogt (German:
Vogt was born in
In the elections of 1983, Vogt was elected to the Bundestag, but resigned two years later because of the then prevailing Green rules of "rotation", which specified that legislators should share their terms with others, rather than serving out a full term. He was succeeded by Willi Tatge, and assumed the post of Rhineland-Palatainate party chair for two years (1986–1987). In the following legislative period, he served as a legislative aide to the Green caucus of the Bundestag. He was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe between 1983 and 1985.[2]
After the
In 1996, Vogt joined the Brandenburg central committee of the Green party, and in 2000 was elected party chair of Brandenburg, serving until 2003. In the regional elections of 2004, he campaigned for the Brandenburg parliament, but the Green party failed to reach the 5% minimum required for representation. His attempt to win a spot on the Rhineland-Palatinate Green ticket for the Bundestag election of 2005 failed to find adequate support at the party convention in Mainz on 17 July 2005.
Vogt died on 20 May 2018, aged 77.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Gründung der Grünen: Die Zeit dafür war reif". Frankfurter Allgemeine. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Mr Roland VOGT". Council of Europe. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Früherer Grünen-Bundestagsabgeordneter Roland Vogt gestorben". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.