Hans-Peter Bartels | |
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| Parliamentary Commissioner for theArmed Forces | |
| In office 21 May 2015 – 21 May 2020 | |
| President | Norbert Lammert Wolfgang Schäuble |
| Preceded by | Hellmut Königshaus |
| Succeeded by | Eva Högl |
| Member of theBundestag forKiel | |
| In office 27 September 1998 – 20 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Norbert Gansel |
| Succeeded by | Karin Thissen |
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| Born | (1961-05-07)7 May 1961 (age 64) |
| Political party | SPD |
| Spouse | Susanne Gaschke |
| Alma mater | University of Kiel |
| Website | hans-peter-bartels.de |
Hans-Peter Bartels (born 7 May 1961) is a Germanpolitician of theSPD who served asmember of theBundestag forKiel. From 2015 until 2020, he was the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces.
Bartels has been a member of the GermanBundestag since the1998 federal election. He has since been serving on the Defence Committee. In addition, he was a member of the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth between 1998 and 2002.
During his tenure as Member of the German Bundestag, Bartels was a member of the Defence Committee. He currently serves as advisory member of the Commission for Fundamental Values of the Executive Committee of the SPD, a body led byGesine Schwan.[1]
Bartels has in the past opposed proposals to use the armed force in the event of coordinated terror attacks on a German city, arguing that “police tasks are not the military’s responsibility.“[2]
Bartels has in the past voted in favor of German participation inUnited Nations peacekeeping missions as well as in United Nations-mandatedEuropean Union peacekeeping missions on the African continent, such as inSomalia – bothOperation Atalanta (2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014) andEUTM Somalia (2015) –,Darfur/Sudan (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014),South Sudan (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014),Mali – bothEUTM Mali (2014 and 2015) andMINUSMA (2013 and 2014) –, and theCentral African Republic (2014). In 2013, he abstained from the votes on extending the mandate for participation in EUTM Somalia and EUTM Mali, and he voted against the participation in Operation Atalanta in 2012.
In 2020, Bartels complained about the poor data situation on right-wing extremism in the troops and called it “curious” that he, as the military commissioner, was the only one who could give figures on the phenomenon. He saw the MAD as having a duty because the Bundeswehr had to notice when “enemies of the constitution invaded”.[3] A one-time re-election of Bartels after five years would have been possible, but the SPD parliamentary group decided against him, as its chairman Rolf Mützenich announced at the end of April 2020 without giving any reasons.[4] Bartel's wife Gaschke then left the SPD. Eva Högl was elected as military representative on May 7, 2020.[5][6]
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