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Michael Fuchs | |
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 Fuchs in 2013 | |
| Member of theBundestag forKoblenz | |
| In office 17 October 2002 – 24 September 2017 | |
| Constituency | Koblenz (electoral district) |
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| Born | (1949-02-06)6 February 1949 |
| Died | 25 December 2022(2022-12-25) (aged 73) |
| Party | Christian Democratic Union |
Michael Fuchs (6 February 1949 – 25 December 2022) was a German politician who served in theBundestag from 2002 to 2017. He was elected European deputy chairman of theTrilateral Commission in 2010.
After graduating high school in 1967, Fuchs studied inErlangen and later went to Pharmacy school at theUniversity of Bonn, where he received his degree in 1973.[1] He later obtained his PhD from the University of Bonn.[1] In 1978, Fuchs began hismilitary service, serving as a pharmacist in the reserves.[1] Fuchs and his wife opened a pharmacy in Koblenz in 1977. Fuchs would later open an electronics business that would expand to Asia before merging with the Dutch company Mid-Ocean in 1999.
Prior to his election to the Bundestag, Fuchs served on the city council for Koblenz from 1990 to 2006.
Fuchs was elected to the Bundestag in the2002 election in theconstituency of Koblenz as a member of theChristian Democratic Union. In parliament, he served on the Sub-Committee on Foreign Trade (2002-2009) and on the Committee on Economic Affairs (2005-2009). From 2009 to 2017, he was one of the vice chairs of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group under the leadership of chairmanVolker Kauder, focusing on Economy and Energy, SMEs and Tourism.[1]
In addition to his committee assignments, Fuchs chaired his party'sMittelstandparliamentary group from 2006 until 2011, which covers issues related tosmall and medium-sized enterprises.[1]
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition of theChancellorAngela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and the SPD following the2013 federal elections, Fuchs was part of the CDU delegation in the working group on economic policy, led byIlse Aigner andHubertus Heil.
From 2015 until 2016, Fuchs served on a government-appointed commission tasked with recommending how to safeguard the funding of fulfilling Germany'sexit from nuclear energy, under the leadership of co-chairsOle von Beust,Matthias Platzeck andJürgen Trittin.[2][3]
Fuchs was a proponent ofNuclear power in Germany, a position which has earned him the nickname the "Atom Fox".[6] During the debate on anoverhaul of the German nuclear power system, Fuchs reluctantly noted that "the acceptance of nuclear power is no longer present in large parts of the population", but stressed that the transition to other forms of energy should not harm the national economy or citizen's electricity bills.[7]
Fuchs was Catholic. He and his wife had two daughters.[8]
Fuchs died on 25 December 2022, at the age of 73.[9]
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