Arne Gericke | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 1 July 2014 –1 July 2019 | |
Constituency | Germany |
Personal details | |
Born | Hamburg,Germany | 19 November 1964
Political party | Germany Bündnis C (2018–present) Free Voters (2017–2018) Family Party of Germany (2005–2017) European Union EU Parliamentary group: European Conservatives and Reformists Group |
Spouse(s) | Susanne Gericke [1] |
Children | 7 [1] |
Arne Gericke (born 19 November 1964 in Hamburg) is a German politician who was formerly a Member of the European Parliament. [2] Elected for the Family Party of Germany in the 2014 election,he left in 2017 to join the Free Voters. [3] After 15 months with the Free Voters,he left to join the minor conservative Christian party Bündnis C. [4]
At the European level,while he was a member of the Free voters he was also technically a member of the European Democratic Party, [5] however he has always remained affiliated with the European Christian Political Movement and sat with the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament. [6] [7]
He lost his seat in the 2019 European Parliament election after Bündnis C failed to win enough votes to entitle them to a seat.
In 2012 Gericke was awarded the Mestemacher Bakery prize for Father of the Year, [8] given to men who are model fathers. [1]
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