Michael Kauch | |
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| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2003–2013 | |
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| Born | (1967-05-04)4 May 1967 (age 58) |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | FDP |
| Education | University of Dortmund |
Michael Kauch (born 4 May 1967, inDortmund) is a German politician of theFree Democratic Party who served as aMember of the European Parliament in 2024 and as a Member of theBundestag between 2003 and 2013.
Kauch was born in Dortmund and attended theHelmholtz-Gymnasium. He studied economics at theUniversity of Dortmund from 1986 to 1993.
Kauch became a member of the Free Democratic Party in Germany in 1989. From 1995 to 1999, he served as the chair of theYoung Liberals (JuLis).[1]
On 14 June 2003 Kauch became a member of the Bundestag, taking the seat ofJürgen Möllemann who had deceased shortly before. Throughout his time in parliament, he was as a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and of the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development. He also served as his parliamentary group’srapporteur onLGBT rights,organ transplantation andpalliative care (2005-2009).[2]
In the negotiations to form acoalition government of the FDP and the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) following the2009 federal elections, Kauch led the FDP delegation in the working group on environmental policy, agriculture and consumer protection; his counterpart of the CDU/CSU wasIlse Aigner.[3]
In late 2018, Kauch announced that he would run for a parliamentary seat in the2019 European elections;[4] however, his place on the FDP list for the elections meant that he did not win a seat in parliament.
In the negotiations to form acoalition government between theSPD, theGreen Party and FDP following the2021 federal elections, Kauch was part of his party's delegation in the working group on equality, co-chaired by Petra Köpping,Ricarda Lang and Herbert Mertin.[5]
In 2024, Kauch replacedNicola Beer who resigned her seat in the European Parliament to move to the board of theEuropean Investment Bank. In parliament, he served on theCommittee on Industry, Research and Energy and deputy member of the Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and Foreign Affairs (AFET). In addition, he was part of the parliament’s delegation for relations with Israel.[6] The FDP delegation made him its spokesperson in the aforementioned committees as well as in the areas of law, culture and LGBTI issues.[7] He was shadow rapporteur for a legislative proposal to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented EU citizens in third countries.[8]
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