Winfried Nachtwei

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Winfried Nachtwei
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Member of the Bundestag
In office
19942009
Personal details
Born (1946-04-15) 15 April 1946 (age 79)
Wulfen, Dorsten
Party Alliance '90/The Greens
Alma mater University of Münster

Winfried Nachtwei (born 15 April 1946) is a German politician and former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. He is an expert on the Afghanistan conflict and works as a peace and conflict consultant since leaving the Bundestag. His nickname is "Winni".

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Political career

Nachtwei was a member of the Communist League of West Germany (Kommunistischer Bund Westdeutschland; KBW) in the 1970s.

Nachtwei first became a member of the German Bundestag in the 1994 elections, representing the electoral district of Münster. Throughout his time in parliament, he was a member of the Defence Committee.

In addition to his committee assignments, Nachtwei served as member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the SADC States; the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Baltic States; and the German-Belarusian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Nachtwei did not run for office again in the 2009 elections.

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References

  1. Board of Trustees Archived 18 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine CARE Deutschland.
  2. Europe/Transatlantic Advisory Board Archived 20 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine Heinrich Böll Foundation.
  3. Board of Trustees