Uwe Foullong | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
| Constituency | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 September 1957 Neuss,West Germany |
| Political party | The Left |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
| Occupation | Trade unionist |
Uwe Foullong (born 29 September 1957) is a German politician and member of the Bundestag. [1] A member of The Left,he has represented North Rhine-Westphalia since 2025.
Foullong was born on 29 September 1957 in Neuss. [1] He graduated from Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium,Neuss in 1978 and trained to be a bank clerk at the Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft (BfG) in Berlin from 1978 to 1980. [2] He was a customer service representative at BfG Berlin from 1980 to 1981. [2] He studied economics at Free University of Berlin from 1981 to 1987 on a scholarship from Hans-Böckler-Stiftung. [2]
Foullong was the secretary of the Trade,Banking and Insurance Union (HBV)'s main board in 1987. [2] He worked in the union's Department of Rationalization / Humanization of Work from 1987 to 1988. [2] From 1988 to 2001 he held various roles in the union's activities in the banking sector. [2] The HBV merged with other unions to form ver.di in 2001 since when Foullong has been head of the Co-ordination Department at ver.di. [2] He was a member of the union's federal executive board from 2004 to 2011. [2]
Foullong was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1983 to 2017 before joining The Left in December 2023. [3] He was The Left's candidate in Bottrop –Recklinghausen III (constituency 124) at the 2025 federal election but was not elected. [4] [5] He was however elected to the Bundestag on The Left's state list in North Rhine-Westphalia. [6]
Foullong is married,has three children and lives in Bottrop-Kirchhellen. [7]
