Jürgen Berghahn
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
Born (1960-07-05) 5 July 1960
Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySPD

Jürgen Berghahn (born 5 July 1960 in Blomberg) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag for Lippe I since the 2021 German federal election.[1] Previously, he was a member of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament from 2010 to 2021.

Early life and career

Berghahn did an apprenticeship as an electrician. He worked for Schieder Möbel for 26 years until the company's insolvency.[2] He was a member of the company’s works council from 1994 to 2008 and served as deputy chairman of the group workers council from 2002 until 2008. Berghahn is a lecturer in adult education for private and trade union educational institutions. He has been a member of IG Metall since 1984.[3][4]

Political career

Berghahn has been a member of the Blomberg town council and local chairman of Istrup since 2004. He has been the chairman of the Blomberg real estate and property management since 2004.[5] He is chairman of the SPD local association Istrup/Wellentrup.[5]

Berghahn was elected as a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia in the state parliamentary constituency of Lippe II in the state elections of 2010,[6] 2012,[7] and 2017.[8]

Member of the German Parliament, 2021–present

Berghahn ran as an SPD direct candidate for the federal constituency Lippe I and won the direct mandate in the 2021 federal election.[9] In the course of this, he resigned his state parliament mandate. Nina Andrieshen succeeded him in the state parliament.[10]

In parliament, Berghahn has been serving on the Committee on Transport.[11] Within his parliamentary group, he belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[12]

Personal life

Berghahn is married and the father of two children.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 ""Deutscher Bundestag – Jürgen Berghahn"". bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ↑ ""Bundestagswahl: SPD Lemgo unterstützt Jürgen Berghahn"". newsgo.de (in German). 13 February 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ↑ ""Jürgen Berghahn MdB"". nrwspd-landesgruppe.de (in German). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. ↑ ""Die Zeichen stehen auf Sturm bei Weidmüller"". lippe-news.de (in German). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  5. 1 2 ""Jürgen Berghahn MdB"". nrwspd.de (in German). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ↑ ""Landtagswahl 2010"". nrw.de (in German). Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  7. ↑ ""Landtagswahl 2012"" (PDF). nrw.de (in German). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  8. ↑ ""Landtagswahl 2017"". wahlergebnisse.nrw (in German). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  9. ↑ ""Ein Quartett für Berlin: So blicken die Bundestagskandidaten auf die Wahl"". lz.de (in German). 27 September 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  10. ↑ ""Ministerialblatt (MBI. NRW.) Ausgabe 2021 Nr. 32"". recht.nrw.de (in German). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  11. ↑ Jürgen Berghahn Bundestag.
  12. ↑ Members Parliamentary Left.
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