Sven Lehmann

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Sven Lehmann
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Member of the Bundestag
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2017

Sven Lehmann (born 14 December 1979) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017. [1]

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In addition to his parliamentary work, Lehmann has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and as the Federal Government's Commissioner for the Acceptance of Sexual and Gender Diversity (nicknamed the "Queer Commissioner") in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021. [2] [3]

Early life and career

Lehmann grew up in Troisdorf in the Rhein-Sieg district in then-West Germany. In 1999 he graduated from the Gymnasium zum Altenforst in Troisdorf. In 1999 he began his studies of political science, Romance studies and education in Cologne and Aix-en-Provence, which he completed in 2006 as Magister Artium (M.A.).

From 2005 to 2007 Lehmann headed the constituency office of Kerstin Müller, a member of the Bundestag in Cologne. From 2007 he worked for the Rhineland Regional Council, most recently in occupational health management.

Political career

From 2010 to 2018, Lehmann served as co-chair of the Green Party in North Rhine-Westphalia, alongside Monika Düker (2010–2014) and Mona Neubaur (2014–2018). [4] [5]

Lehmann became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, representing the Cologne II district. [6] From 2018 until 2021, he was a member of the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs. [7] He also served as his parliamentary group’s spokesman for queer politics and for social policy. [8] Within his parliamentary group, coordinated the Trade Union and Social Advisory Council.

Lehmann has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth since December 8, 2021. On January 5, 2022 the Federal Government appointed him as Commissioner for the Acceptance of Sexual and Gender Diversity. [9]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Green Party under Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Lehmann was part of his party’s delegation in the working group on equality, women, families, children and youth. [10]

Other activities

Political positions

Within the Green Party, Lehmann is considered to be part of its left wing. [13]

Referring to Women's Declaration International, Lehmann said "they are not women's rights advocates, they are transphobes." [14]

In a podcast interview on online dating Lehmann remarked how actively Grindr was being used during parliament sessions, and how it relates to his work. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sven Lehmann | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Kölner im Bundestag: Sven Lehmann wird neuer Staatssekretär im Familienministerium Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , 2 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Tilmann Warnecke (5 Januar 2022), Neu geschaffenes Amt: Bundesregierung beruft Sven Lehmann zum Queer-Beauftragten Der Tagesspiegel .
  4. ↑ Detlev Hüwel (4 April 2016), Sven Lehmann . . . zieht es in den Bundestag Rheinische Post .
  5. ↑ Landesparteitag: NRW-Grüne bestätigen Doppelspitze Neubaur und Banaszak Rheinische Post , 16 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "German Bundestag – Labour and Social Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Die fachpolitischen SprecherInnen". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ @svenlehmann (5 January 2022). "Register" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 July 2023– via Twitter.
  10. ↑ GRÜNE benennen Team für Koalitionsverhandlungen Grüne NRW, press release of 31 May 2022.
  11. ↑ Board of Trustees Stiftung Lesen.
  12. ↑ Board of Trustees Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation.
  13. ↑ Gerhard Voogt (4 October 2017), Nordrhein-Westfalen: Grünen-Chef Sven Lehmann kündigt Rückzug von Parteispitze an Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger .
  14. ↑ "Plenarprotokoll 19/229 Deutscher Bundestag". Bundestag . Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "Sven Lehmann: "Grindr ist auch Arbeit"" [Grindr is also work"] (in German).
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