Bernd Westphal | |
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 Westphal in 2014 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Bernhard Brinkmann |
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| Born | 30 September 1960 Hildesheim,West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | SPD |
Bernd Westphal (born 30 September 1960) is a German trade unionist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.
Westphal first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election. [1] He is a member of the Committee for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development. [2] He has been serving as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on economic affairs and energy since 2015.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections,Westphal was part of the working group on energy,climate protection and the environment,led by Armin Laschet,Georg Nüßlein and Barbara Hendricks.
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD,the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections,Westphal was part of his party's delegation in the working group on economic affairs,co-chaired by Carsten Schneider,Cem Özdemir and Michael Theurer. [3]
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