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Manfred Grund | |
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| Born | (1955-07-03)3 July 1955 (age 70) |
| Citizenship | German |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
| Alma mater | Dresden University of Technology |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Electrical Engineer |
| Committees | Council of Elders Committee on Foreign Affairs |
| Website | www |
Manfred Grund (born 3 July 1955) is a German politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU).[1]
Manfred Grund was born 3 July 1955 inZeitz,East Germany (GDR). After earning hisAbitur he worked as a turbine engineer at the State Coal Mine inDeuben before doing his military service from 1974 to 1975.
Grund earned a diploma degree (Dipl.-Ing.) inElectrical Engineering from theDresden University of Technology in 1980. From 1980 to 1990 he worked as a specialist engineer with theErfurt Public Utility Works atBleicherode.[2]
Without previous political affiliation Grund entered politics in the wake of the1989 revolution in the GDR, in the course of which he acted as speaker of theHeiligenstadt people's movement. In January 1990 he joined the Christian Democratic Union and assumed various positions with the CDU in theEichsfeld county and the state ofThuringia.
From 1990 to 1994 Grund served as head of the Heiligenstadt district administration authority.
In 1994 Grund was first elected to the GermanBundestag forNordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt in Thuringia, a seat he has held ever since (renamed asEichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis in 2017).
Grund has served as parliamentary secretary of theCDU/CSU parliamentary group and as chairman of the Thuringian Committee of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group since 1998.[3][4]
In October 2024, Grund announced, that he will not seeking re-election for Bundestag.[5]
Council of Elders[6]
Committee on Foreign Affairs[7]
Inter-Parliamentary Union (deputy member)
Parliamentary assembly of theOrganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)[8]
Thuringian Committee of theCDU/CSU parliamentary group in the GermanBundestag[9]
German-Central Asian parliamentary group[10]
Electoral district 296Nordhausen – Worbis – Heiligenstadt,1994 German federal election
-Manfred Grund – 51.4%[11]
Electoral district 190Eichsfeld – Nordhausen,1998 German federal election
-Manfred Grund – 40.1%[12]
Electoral district 190Eichsfeld – Nordhausen,2002 German federal election
-Manfred Grund – 41.3%[13]
Electoral district 190Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I,2005 German federal election
-Manfred Grund – 37.4%[14]
Electoral district 189Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I,2009 German federal election
-Manfred Grund – 43.0%[15]
Electoral district 189Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I,2013 German federal election
-Manfred Grund – 49.6%[16]
Electoral district 189Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis,2017 German federal election
-Manfred Grund – 38.0%[17]
Grund is a member of theRoman Catholic Church. He and his wife reside inHeiligenstadt, Thuringia.
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