Axel Graf Bülow

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Axel Graf Bülow (born November 9, 1952 in Evessen ) is a German politician ( FDP ). Bülow was chairman of the FDP state association in Brandenburg from 2014 to 2019 . As chief executive of the Federal Association of Independent Petrol Stations and independent German mineral oil traders , he worked as a lobbyist .

education and profession

Bülow, descendant of the Prussian general Friedrich Wilhelm Graf Bülow von Dennewitz , was born near Wolfenbüttel and grew up in the Rhineland.

After graduation in Siegburg Bulow studied in Kiel and Bonn law . He finished his studies at the age of 31 with the first state examination in law . Instead of entering the legal traineeship , which is a prerequisite for later work as a judge or lawyer, Bülow took up a position as assistant to the management at the German Taxi- and Car Rental Association in Bonn. He had previously worked there as a student assistant. From December 1984 to July 2018 Bülow was General Manager of the Federal Association of Independent Petrol Stations and Independent German Mineral Oil Dealers

One of Bülow's major successes is the Federal Association of Independent Petrol Stations, particularly a change in tax law that occurred in the early 1990s, according to which petrol station operators in particular are reimbursed their energy tax in the event of bankruptcy.

Bülow has lived in Potsdam with his wife Petra von Bülow, who works as her husband's assistant in the office of the Federal Association of Independent Petrol Stations, since 2006 .

Letter to Saddam Hussein's regime

A letter from Bülow to the then Iraqi regime under Saddam Hussein in 2001 attracted a great deal of media attention . As chief executive of the Federal Association of Independent Petrol Stations, Bülow was keen to break an embargo on Iraq after the Gulf War started by Saddam and to deliver oil to member companies Association to enable. Bülow affirmed in the letter that the association would be

“Always stand by the side of the Iraqi people and their great leader Saddam Hussein ... to break the embargo of the tyrants, support the rights of the Iraqi people and fight all enemies of great Iraq. ... We pray to God Almighty that he will support the people of Iraq and their great leader Saddam Hussein against all enemies of law and order. "

- Axel Graf Bülow, June 2001

politics

Bülow joined the FDP in March 1998. From 1998 to 2006 he was a member of the board of the FDP local association Alfter ( Rhein-Sieg-Kreis , NRW ), from 2000 to 2006 chairman of the local association Alfter . In 2006 he moved to the Potsdam district association and has been a member of the district board of the FDP Potsdam since 2010. In November 2014, Bülow was elected chairman of the Brandenburg FDP regional association. His election followed the recommendation of a search committee, which had been initiated by the former Brandenburg FDP chairman Gregor Beyer and his deputy Andreas Büttner after the party's re-entry into the state parliament had failed with a result of 1.5% of the votes. In March 2015 Bülow was confirmed in his office and elected to the federal executive committee of the FDP. At the state party conference on November 30, 2019 in Wildau , he announced his resignation from the state chairmanship.

For the 2017 federal election , Bülow wanted to be the top candidate on the state list of the FDP Brandenburg , but lost the vote at the state party conference in November 2016 against Linda Teuteberg , who finally moved into the 19th German Bundestag .

At the state representative assembly in Wildau in February 2019, the delegates of the party voted Bülow on the second place on the state list for the state election in Brandenburg. He had previously waived the top candidacy in favor of other applicants.

Bülow's political interests include energy policy, especially the use of fossil fuels :

"Despite all the forecasts, I venture my own prognosis that we will not be able to say goodbye to oil by 2050 and a few decades beyond because serious alternatives are not available and because our competitiveness and thus our prosperity would be significantly impaired."

- Axel Graf Bülow

Bülow is committed to the continuation of lignite mining :

"A life without lignite is possible, but still pointless in the long term."

- Axel Graf Bülow

Bülow also campaigns against right-wing radicalism:

"The subtle undermining of our liberal social order with folkish slogans and repeated xenophobic expressions harbor the acute danger that these opinions will become more and more acceptable in our society."

- Axel Graf Bülow : Lindenstrasse Memorial to Freedom , July 2016

Memberships

Bülow is a member of the Liberal Seniors (LiS) and assessor on the board of the German section of Liberal International (LI).

Bulow is also a member of the association "Pro Vision", which advocates the inclusion of visually impaired children and young people, the St. John's Ambulance , the delivery of German Pediatric Heart Centers eV, the German Depuytren Society and the German Scientific Society for Petroleum and Coal eV

Bülow is co-initiator of the popular initiative against the district reform in Brandenburg.

Web links

Commons : Axel Graf Bülow  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: Finsterwalde: A real count in Finsterwalde :: lr-online. In: www.lr-online.de. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Pole position Federal Association of Independent Gas Stations - Axel Graf Bülow 30 years General Manager of the bft, bft-Nachrichten 6/2014, pp. 6–10 (accessed on March 2, 2016).
  3. ↑ bft managing director Axel Graf Bülow retired, eft-service.de (accessed on May 14, 2019).
  4. ↑ Petra von Bülow, homepage of the FDP Potsdam (accessed on March 2, 2016).
  5. ↑ About me ( Memento from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 2, 2016).
  6. ↑ Stefan Aust, Cordt Schnibben: Irak. Story of a modern war. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-421-05804-0 , pp. 494–495.
  7. ↑ Jürgen Dahlkamp, ​​Ralf Hoppe: Always at the side of the Führer, DER SPIEGEL 25/2003, p. 146 (accessed on March 2, 2016).
  8. ↑ 89 percent for Axel Graf Bülow - FDP Brandenburg elects new chairman Märkische Allgemeine on November 29, 2014 (accessed on March 2, 2016).
  9. ↑ a b Märkische Allgemeine, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany: Axel Graf Bülow new chairman of the FDP Brandenburg - MAZ - Märkische Allgemeine. In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Brandenburger FDP wants to choose new leadership at a special party conference. (accessed on March 2, 2016).
  11. ↑ Bülow remains FDP boss . Potsdam Latest News of March 23, 2015 (accessed March 2, 2016).
  12. ^ Federal Board of the FDP. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Press release of the FDP Brandenburg: State party conference on November 30th in Wildau (accessed on December 6th, 2019).
  14. ↑ Brandenburg's FDP is aiming for a return to the state parliament. Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Discussion event : Germany without oil - does that make sense ?, Berlin, February 25, 2016 (accessed on March 2, 2016).
  16. ↑ FDP press release: There are no alternatives to brown coal, February 24, 2016 (accessed on March 2, 2016).
  17. ↑ Friedrich Naumann Foundation: Cultural event on the loaded diction of the "new rights", July 27, 2016 (accessed on September 19, 2016).
  18. ^ Brandenburg section reorganized - DGLI. In: www.dgli.de. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
  19. ^ Märkische Allgemeine, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany: headwind for red-red - people's initiative against district reform in autumn - MAZ - Märkische Allgemeine. In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Bülow, Axel Graf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lobbyist and politician (FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Evessen