Kai Gehring
Kai Gehring | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 December 1977 |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Alliance '90/The Greens |
| Alma mater | Ruhr University Bochum |
| Profession | Sociologist |
| Website | www.kai-gehring.de |
Kai Gehring (born 26 December 1977) is a German politician of the Green Party who has been serving as a Member of the German Parliament since 2005.
Early life and education
After receiving his Abitur in Velbert, Gehring majored in social sciences at the Ruhr University Bochum, earning his Diplom in 2003.
Political career
Having joined the liberal party Alliance '90/The Greens in 1998, Gehring was elected to the Bundestag in the 2005 federal election. He was able to retain his seat in the 2009 election.
Since joining the parliament, Gehring has been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment. In 2011, he became his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for research and universities.
In addition to his committee assignments, Gehring has served as deputy chairman of the German-Greek Parliamentary Friendship Group (2013-2017); the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East (since 2018), which is in charge of maintaining inter-parliamentary relations with Bahrain, Irak, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and the Palestinian territories; and the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Central African States (since 2018).
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Gehring was part of his party's delegation in the working group on innovation and research, co-chaired by Thomas Losse-Müller, Katharina Fegebank and Lydia Hüskens.[1]
Other activities
- Aktion Deutschland Hilft (Germany's Relief Coalition), Member of the Board of Trustees[2]
- Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees
- FernUniversität Hagen, Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Board
- German National Association for Student Affairs, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees[3]
- Heinrich Böll Foundation, Member of the Advisory Board on Student Affairs[4]
- Leibniz Association, Member of the Senate
- Amnesty International, Member
- Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD), Member
References
- ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^ Board of Trustees Aktion Deutschland Hilft.
- ^ Board of Trustees German National Association for Student Affairs.
- ^ Advisory Board on Student Affairs Heinrich Böll Foundation.
External links
| International | |
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| People | |
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Mülheim
- Gay politicians
- Gay writers
- LGBT members of the Bundestag
- Alliance 90/The Greens politicians
- German sociologists
- Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
- German male writers
- Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017
- Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013
- Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009
- Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens