Michael von Abercron | |
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| Member of theBundestag forPinneberg | |
| In office 24 September 2017 – 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ole Schröder |
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| Born | (1952-11-17)17 November 1952 (age 73) |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Children | Two |
| Occupation | Politician / Agricultural engineer |
Michael von Abercron (born 17 November 1952) is an agricultural engineer and politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of theBundestag from 2017 to 2021.[1][2]
Son of the landowner Friedrich-Karl von Abercron (1914–2002) and Huberta von Rodde (1919–2015), Abercron grew up on his parents' estate inOstholstein, a district ofSchleswig-Holstein.
From 2005 until 2009, Abercron served as chief of staff to Christian von Boetticher, the State Minister of Agriculture and the Environment in the government of Minister-President of Schleswig-HolsteinPeter Harry Carstensen.
Following the2009 state elections, Abercron became a member of theLandtag of Schleswig-Holstein. In parliament, he served as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on environmental issues and data privacy. He was a member of the Committee on Internal and Legal Affairs and of the Committee of the Environment.
Abercron was elected to theBundestag in the2017 federal elections, succeedingOle Schröder as the directly-elected representative forPinneberg. He was a member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment and of the Committee on Food and Agriculture.
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’leadership election in 2021, Abercron publicly endorsedFriedrich Merz to succeedAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party’s chair.[3]
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