Jürgen Klimke | |
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| Member of the German Bundestag | |
| In office 2002–2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1948-07-02)July 2, 1948 (age 77) |
| Political party | CDU |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | University of Hamburg |
| Occupation | Politician |
Jürgen Klimke (born 2 July 1948, inHamburg) is a German politician and member of the conservative partyCDU — Christian Democratic Union of Germany (German: Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands). From 1982 to 2002 he was member of the Parliament of the Free and Federal State of Hamburg (German: Hamburgische Bürgerschaft). Between 2002 and 2017, he represented Hamburg in the German Federal Parliament (theBundestag).[1]
After studyinglaw at theUniversity of Hamburg Klimke worked as ajournalist. In addition to his parliamentary activities, he wasCEO and is co-owner of thePublic relations firmIndustrie-Contact AG in Hamburg.[2]
Klimke isProtestant, married and has four children.[1]
Klimke joined the CDU in 1970. From 1982 to 2003 he was deputy district party chairman and from 2003 to 2008 party chairman in the district Hamburg-Wandsbek. Between 2004 and 2008 he worked as deputy regional party chairman in Hamburg.[1]
Between 1974 and 1982 Klimke was member of the district assembly in Hamburg-Wandsbek. From 1982 to 2002 he represented Wandsbek in theHamburg Parliament where he served as Parliamentary Manager of the CDU parliamentary group (1985 - 2002).[1]
From the2002 elections, Klimke served as a member of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag). From 2005 to 2009, he was spokesperson of the CDU/CSU group in the Committee on Tourism, from 2009 he was the group’s spokesperson in the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development.[3]
Klimke’s regional focus lies in South and Southeast Asia.[4] During the current legislative period, Klimke is member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and spokesperson of the CDU/CSU group in the Subcommittee for theUnited Nations, International Organizations and Globalization. Furthermore, Klimke is chairman of the working group on the RiverElbe of the CDU/CSU group and deputy chair of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of theOSCE.[1]
In August 2015, Klimke was appointed as the first Special Representative of theParliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe for the Baltic Sea Area.[5]
In addition to his parliamentary work, Klimke holds a number of honorary positions, including the following:
In September 2016, Klimke announced that he would not stand in the2017 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[citation needed]
