Sebastian Brehm | |
|---|---|
 Brehm in 2018 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Dagmar Wöhrl |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1971-10-18)18 October 1971 (age 54) |
| Political party | CSU |
| Alma mater | University of Erlangen–Nuremberg |
Sebastian Brehm (born 18 October 1971) is a Germantax advisor and politician of theChristian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBavaria since 2017.
After graduating from high school in 1991 inNuremberg, he completed his military service inAmberg from 1991 to 1992. He then studied business administration at theUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1992 to 1998, graduating as a Diplom-Kaufmann. In 2002, he was appointed as a tax consultant by the Nuremberg Chamber of Tax Advisors and has been working as a self-employed tax consultant in Nuremberg since 2003.
His political engagement began in his youth: in 1988, he joined the Young Union and the CSU. From 1990 to 1992, he served as the chairman of the Schüler Union Nürnberg. From 2002 to 2017, he was a member of the Nuremberg City Council, and from 2009 to 2017, he held the position of faction leader of the CSU in the Nuremberg City Council[1].
Brehm became a member of the Bundestag in the2017 German federal election.[2] He is a member of the Finance Committee and theCommittee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.[3][4] In that capacity, he is his parliamentary group'srapporteur on human rights issues inRussia,Ukraine,Belarus,Moldova,Romania andBulgaria, among others.
Within his parliamentary group, Brehm coordinates the CSU parliamentarians’ legislative activities on financial policy.[5]
In 2019, German media reported that Brehm was the parliamentarian who reported the highest income from activities unrelated to his mandate that year with 1.383.500 €.[6]
Since 2021, Brehm has been serving as one of two treasurers of the CSU, under the leadership of chairmanMarkus Söder.[7]
In September 2020, Brehm 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.[9]
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