Michael Billen

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Michael Billen
2014-02-20 - Michael Billen - Landtag Rheinland-Pfalz - 2846.jpg
Billen in 2014
Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
20 May 1996 18 May 2020
Personal details
Born(1955-10-04)4 October 1955
Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
Died4 January 2022(2022-01-04) (aged 66)
Political party CDU

Michael Billen (4 October 1955 – 4 January 2022) was a German politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, he served in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1996 to 2020. [1] Billen died of leukemia on 4 January 2022, at the age of 66. [2]

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References

  1. "Billen, Michael". Landtag Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). Archived from the original on 10 April 2021.
  2. "Ehemaliger CDU-Landtagsabgeordneter Michael Billen gestorben - Reaktionen auf seinen Tod". Trierischer Volksfreund (in German). Trier. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.