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Revision as of 12:53, 27 January 2018
Michael Brand | |
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2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 November 1973 Fulda, Hesse, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Citizenship | German |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Political party |  German:CDU  EU:European People's Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
Michael Brand (born 19 November 1973 in
Political career
A former
Between 2005 and 2013, Brand was a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, where he served as the CDU/CSU parliamentary group’s rapporteur on recycling and waste regulations. From 2009, he also served on the Defence Committee and on the Sub-Committee for Civilian Crisis Prevention.
Since the
Political positions
In April 2015, Brand vigorously criticized German
In 2015, a majority of the Bundestag voted in favor of banning assisted suicides performed by associations, on the basis of a proposal put forward by Brand and fellow parliamentarian Kerstin Griese of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The proposed bill submitted by Brand and Griese had called for "striking a balance" between punishing those who provide suicide assistance and a complete deregulation of the process. The parliamentarians voted in favor of one of the proposals irrespective of their parties' policy on the matter.[2]
In June 2017, Brand voted against Germany’s introduction of
Other activities
Government agencies
- Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2009)
Non-profit organizations
- Aktion Deutschland Hilft (Germany's Relief Coalition), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2012)
- Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), Member of the Committee on Social Responsibility (since 2015)[4]
- Point Alpha Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2013)
- Rhön Biosphere Reserve, Member of the Advisory Board
- Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV), Member
- Friends of the Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Member
References
- ^ Hans von der Burchard (April 27, 2015), Steinmeier under fire on Armenia Politico Europe.
- ^ Bundestag votes against 'commercial' assisted suicides Deutsche Welle, November 6, 2015.
- ^ Entscheidung im Bundestag: So stimmten Hessens Abgeordnete bei der Ehe für alle Hessenschau, June 30, 2017.
- Evangelical Church in Germany(EKD).
External links