Martin Patzelt | |
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 Martin Patzelt in 2013 | |
| Member of theBundestag forFrankfurt (Oder) – Oder-Spree | |
| In office 22 October 2013 – 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Nord |
| Mayor ofFrankfurt (Oder) | |
| In office 6 May 2002 – 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Wolfgang Pohl |
| Succeeded by | Martin Wilke |
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| Born | (1947-07-23)23 July 1947 (age 78) |
| Political party | CDU |
Martin Patzelt (born 23 July 1947) is a German politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBrandenburg from 2013 until 2021.
Patzelt first became a member of the Bundestag in the2013 German federal election.[1] Throughout his time in parliament, he was a member of theCommittee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid and the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.[2][3] He attracted attention for taking two Eritrean refugees into his home in the wake of the2015 European migrant crisis.[4][5]
Following the 2017 elections, Patzelt announced that he would not stand in the2021 elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[6]
In June 2017, Patzelt voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[7]
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’leadership election in 2018, Patzelt publicly opposedFriedrich Merz’s candidacy to succeedAngela Merkel as the party’s chair.[8] In 2019, he joined 14 members of his parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Merkel and party chairwomanAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by Merz andRoland Koch.[9]
In September 2020, Patzelt was one of 15 members of his parliamentary group who joinedNorbert Röttgen in writing anopen letter toMinister of the InteriorHorst Seehofer which called on Germany and other EU counties to take in 5000 immigrants who were left without shelter after fires gutted the overcrowdedMória Reception and Identification Centre on the Greek island ofLesbos.[10]
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