Andreas Mehltretter
Andreas Mehltretter | |
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.jpg) Andreas Mehltretter in 2021 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
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| Born | 10 December 1991 Moosburg an der Isar, Germany |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Andreas Mehltretter (born 10 December 1991 in Moosburg an der Isar, Bavaria) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2021.
Early life and education[edit]
Mehltretter was born 1991 in the Bavarian town of Moosburg an der Isar.[1] Mehltretter graduated from the Dom-Gymnasium Freising in 2011 and went on to study economics at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[2] He completed his master's degree in 2017.
Since then, Mehltretter has been working as a self-employed IT service provider as well as working on his doctorate on the connection between arms trade and intra-state conflicts at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institut.[3]
Political career[edit]
Career in local politics[edit]
In 2012, Mehltretter joined the SPD and is chairman of the SPD sub-district of Freising. In the 2020 Bavarian local elections, he was elected to the Freising City Council and is the speaker for economy and digitalization of the city of Freising.[4] Before his election to the City Council, he was the spokesman of the Agenda21 group Building, Housing and Transport.
Member of the German Parliament, 2021–present[edit]
In 2017 and 2021, Mehltretter ran as a direct candidate of the SPD in the Bundestag constituency of Freising,[5] and gained a seat in the Bundestag in 2021 through the state list.[6][7][8] In parliament, he is a full member of the Committee on Climate Protection and Energy as well as a deputy member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and the Finance Committee.[6]
Within his parliamentary group, Mehltretter belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[9]
Other activities[edit]
- Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (KENFO), Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Über mich". November 2016.
- ^ ""Andreas Mehltretter, M.Sc. Scientific Assistant"". gsi.uni-muenchen.de (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ ""Für mehr Wohnraum, gegen Rechts"". sueddeutsche.de (in German). 21 September 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ ""Andreas Mehltretter"". andreas-mehltretter.de (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ ""Andreas Mehltretter Abgeordneter Bundestag"". abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ a b ""Andreas Mehltretter, SPD Volkswirt"". bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Andreas Mehltretter".
- ^ ""Bundestagswahlen 2021"". bundeswahlleiter.de (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Members Parliamentary Left.
- ^ Governance Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (KENFO).
External links[edit]
- Website of Andreas Mehltretter
- Biography at the German Bundestag
- Andreas Mehltretter on abgeordnetenwatch.de
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