Ingo Bodtke

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Ingo Bodtke in 2022.

Ingo Bodtke (born 6 June 1965 in Lutherstadt Eisleben) is a German politician from the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from Saxony-Anhalt from 2021 to 2025. [1]

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Early life and career

Ingo Bodtke grew up in a Christian home in the town of his birth. He completed an apprenticeship as a butcher and, after completing his basic military service, studied meat management and graduated as an engineer. He then worked as an instructor for insemination of cattle in animal breeding. [2] [3] He also worked in the insurance industry from 1987 and worked for LVM since 1990. [3] [4] [5] Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Bodtke has managed an insurance and financial agency as well as travel agencies.

Political career

Bodtke is a member of the Federal Committee on Religion & ideology in the FDP party. [6]

Bodtke is a member of the Wimmelburg municipal council and holds a seat on the Mansfeld-Südharz district council, serving as FDP parliamentary group chairman since 2019. He is chairman of the association Liberaler Mittelstand Sachsen-Anhalt e. V. as well as assessor of the federal board of the federal association. [7]

He ran in the federal constituency of Mansfeld in the 2021 federal election and in second place on the state list of the FDO Saxony-Anhalt. He missed the direct mandate with 8.4% of the first votes, but moved via the state list into the 20th German Bundestag. [8] There he is a member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture, the Petitions Committee and alternate in the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs. [9]

In 2024, Bodtke announced that he isn't seeking re-election for Bundestag in the 2025 federal elections. [10]

Other activities

Personal life

Bodtke has been married since 1985 and is the father of four children. [6] [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Deutscher Bundestag - Ingo Bodtke". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  2. ↑ "»Bodtke, Ingo, FDP«". mitmischen.de (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 Martini, Peter (1 April 2022). "»Mittelstandskompetenz im Bundestag«". bvmw.de (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "»LVM-Versicherungsagentur Ingo Bodtke«". agentur.lvm.de (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "»Bundestagswahl am 26.09.2021«". freie-demokraten.de (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  6. 1 2 "»INGO BODTKE«". ingobodtke.de (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "»Personen im Bundesvorstand«". liberaler-mittelstand.com (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "»Gewählte in Landeslisten der Parteien«". bundeswahlleiter.de (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "»Ingo Bodtke, FDP«". bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  10. ↑ Gordon Repinski (2024-08-14). "Bundestag 2025: Wer in Sachsen-Anhalt in den Wahlkampf zieht". politico.eu. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  11. ↑ "»Beteiligungsbericht«" (PDF). mansfeldsuedharz.de (in German). 30 September 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "»Ingo Bodtke«". chrismon.evangelisch.de (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  13. ↑ Lange, Jens (10 January 2023). "»Dialogforum gestartet«". nak-nordost.de (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "»Bundesvorstand des Liberalen Mittelstands neu gewählt«". liberaler-mittelstand.com (in German). 2 July 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  15. ↑ Stubert, Joel (1 September 2021). "»Alles für den Mittelstand - Ingo Bodtke (FDP) will in den Bundestag«". mz.de (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
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