Udo Bullmann
Udo Bullmann Leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | |
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In office 20 March 2018 – 1 July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Maria João Rodrigues (acting) |
Succeeded by | Iratxe García |
Acting 31 January 2018 – 7 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | Gianni Pittella |
Succeeded by | Maria João Rodrigues (acting) |
Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
Assumed office 1 July 1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Giessen, West Germany (now Germany) | 8 June 1956
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Education | University of Giessen |
Website | Official website |
Udo Bullmann (born 8 June 1956) is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since 1999. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), part of the Party of European Socialists.
Personal life
Udo Bullmann is married and has 3 children.
Academic career
Bullmann studied
Political career
Since his entry into the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1975, Bullmann was mostly engaged with the Young Socialists branch until 1991. He was the chair of the Hesse regional association of the Young Socialists.
Member of the European Parliament, 1999–present
In 1999 Bullmann was elected to the European Parliament. From 2003 to 2012, he served as deputy chair of the SPD group in the European Parliament, before taking on the role as its chair from 2012 to 2017.
Bullmann's political work in that position focused on economics and employment, the
In early 2014, the SPD chose Bullmann to be the party list’s number 3 for the 2014 European elections, following Martin Schulz and Birgit Sippel.[3] He also led the German delegation within the S&D Group until 2018.
In March 2018, the S&D Group chose Bullmann as their new leader; he received 86 votes, while his competitor
Role in national politics
In the negotiations to form a
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Bullmann led his party's delegation in the working group on European affairs; his co-chairs from the other parties are Franziska Brantner and Nicola Beer.[10]
Other activities
- Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[11]
- Europäische Akademie der Arbeit, Member of the Board
- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
- Brussels Branch of the Labour Party
See also
References
- ^ Intergroup on Trade Unions European Parliament.
- ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.
- ^ Dave Keating (27 January 2014), German parties select European Parliament candidates European Voice.
- ^ Maïa de La Baume (20 March 2018), Socialists pick Germany’s Udo Bullmann as leader Politico Europe.
- ^ Maïa de La Baume (6 June 2019), Udo Bullmann and Iratxe García to run for socialist group leadership Politico Europe.
- ^ David M. Herszenhorn, Lili Bayer and Maïa de La Baume (17 June 2019), Bullmann concedes race to lead Socialist group Politico Europe.
- ^ [1], on the European Parliament website.
- ^ [2], on the Committee website.
- ^ Die große Hauptverhandlungsrunde von CDU, CSU und SPD Die Zeit, 2 February 2018.
- ^ Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (22 October 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau.
- ^ 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 1 July 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Personal profile of Udo Bullmann in the European Parliament's database of members
- Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in German)