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Mark Helfrich (politician)

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Mark Helfrich
Helfrich in 2015
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1978-09-08) 8 September 1978 (age 46)
Itzehoe, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyCDU

Mark Helfrich (born 8 September 1978) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Schleswig-Holstein since 2013.

Political career

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Helfrich became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[1] From 2013 until 2014, he served on the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs as well as the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Committee on European Union Affairs and the Committee on Economic and Energy Affairs.[2][3]

Since the 2021 elections, Helfrich has been serving as his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for energy policy.[4]

Other activities

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Political positions

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In June 2017, Helfrich voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Mark Helfrich". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on European Union Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Economic Affairs and Energy". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ^ Henning Baethge (14 December 2021), Union im Bundestag: Jo Wadephul wieder Fraktionsvize, Mark Helfrich Sprecher für Energie Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag.
  5. ^ Council Agora Energiewende.
  6. ^ Parliamentary Advisory Board German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF).
  7. ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, 30 June 2017.
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