Garrelt Duin
| Garrelt Duin | |
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| State Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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Assumed office 2012 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
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In office 2005 – 2012 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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In office 2000–2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 April 1968 Leer, Lower Saxony, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
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Garrelt Duin (born 2 April 1968 in Leer, Lower Saxony) is a German politician.
Education
- 1987-1995: Studied law and Protestant theology at Bielefeld and Göttingen
- 1995: First State law examination, Higher Regional Court, Hamm
- 1998: Second State law examination, Higher Regional Court, Celle
Career
- since 1985: Member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
- since 1993: Member of the executive of the SPD district of Weser-Ems
- 1996-2006: Member of Hinte Municipal Council (2001-2006: Council chairman)
- 2000-2005: Member of the European Parliament
- since 2001: Member of the SPD executive
- since 2002: Chairman of the SPD district of Weser-Ems
- since 2005: Member of the German Bundestag (until 2012)
- since 2005: Chairman of the SPD in Lower Saxony
- 2010 resigned as Chairman of the SPD in Lower Saxony
- He resigned as Member of the Bundestag on 21 June 2012 and was appointed Minister for Economics, Energy, Industry and Commerce of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the same day.
In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition following the 2013 federal elections, Duin was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on economic policy, led by Ilse Aigner and Hubertus Heil.
He is a member of the German-Russian Friendship Group set up by the German Bundesrat and the Russian Federation Council.
Other activities
- NRW.BANK, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board
- Germany Trade and Invest, Member of the Supervisory Board
- Foundation for the Preservation of Industrial Monuments and Historical Culture, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Forum for Future Energies, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Christoph Metzelder Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Stiftung Lebendige Stadt, Member of the Foundation Board
- Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Member of the Broadcasting Board
- ver.di, Member
- Workers' Welfare Association (AWO), Member
- Eurosolar, Member
External links
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