Karsten Lucke | |
|---|---|
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 11 January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Norbert Neuser |
| Constituency | Germany |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1974 Kiel,Schleswig-Holstein,Germany |
| Political party |  German:Social Democratic Party  EU:Party of European Socialists |
| Alma mater | Kiel University |
| Website | |
Karsten Lucke (born 29 December 1974) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2022. [1]
Lucke has been mayor of Lautzenbrücken since 2014.
In parliament,Lucke has been serving on the Committee on Development. In addition to his committee assignments,he is part of the parliament's delegations for relations with the countries of South Asia,to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and to the Pacific-EU Parliamentary Assembly. [2]
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