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Manfred Behrens

Manfred Behrens
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2009–2021
Personal details
Born (1956-10-28) 28 October 1956 (age 68)
Magdeburg, East Germany
(now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
Political partyCDU

Manfred Behrens (born 28 October 1956) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a Member of the German Bundestag for Saxony-Anhalt from 2009 until 2021.[1]

Early life and career

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Manfred Behrens was born in Magdeburg. He completed an apprenticeship as a car mechanic and worked in the catering industry before being elected mayor of Ebendorf (Barleben) in 1990. Since 1992, Behrens is a member of the CDU, since 2004 Chairman of the CDU local associations Barleben / Ebendorf / Meitzendorf. In 1999 he also moved to the district council for the CDU. From 2001 to 2003, he worked as an employee of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.

Political career

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In the German federal elections on 27 September 2009, Behrens won the direct mandate in the Bundestag constituency Börde - Jerichower Land and became a member of the German Bundestag. In the 17th legislature, he was full member of the Interior Committee and deputy member of the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.[2]

In the 2013 federal elections, Behrens again won the direct mandate for his constituency. He subsequently became a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure, where he served as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on for accessibility and consumer protection, and a deputy member of the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In the 2017 federal elections, he won his constituency again.[1] In addition to his committee assignments, Behrens was a member of the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group and of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for the States of East Africa, which is in charge of maintaining inter-parliamentary relations with Ethiopia, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda.

Behrens decided to run again in the 2021 German federal election.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Manfred Behrens (Börde), CDU/CSU, Bundestag.de
  2. ^ Wahl des 17. Deutschen Bundestages am 27. September 2009, Ergebnisse in Sachsen-Anhalt, stala.de
  3. ^ Michael Bock (29 September 2020). "Kees de Vries verliert bei Nominierung". Volksstimme.de (in German). Volksstimme Magdeburg.