Jürgen Berghahn | |
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| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2021–2025 | |
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| Born | (1960-07-05)5 July 1960 (age 65) |
| Political party | SPD |
Jürgen Berghahn (born 5 July 1960 inBlomberg) is a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as amember of the GermanBundestag forLippe I since the2021 German federal election.[1] Previously, he was a member of theNorth Rhine-Westphalia state parliament from 2010 to 2021.
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’sworks 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 ofIG Metall since 1984.[3][4]
Berghahn has been a member of the Blomberg town council and local chairman ofIstrup 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]
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 theParliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[12]
In 2024, Berhahn announced that he isn't seeking re-election to the Bundestag in the2025 German federal election.[13]
Berghahn is married and the father of two children.[1]
