Dieter-Lebrecht Koch

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Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (2014)

Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (born January 7, 1953 in Weißenfels ) is a German politician (CDU). From 1994 to 2019 he was a Thuringian MEP of the CDU and thus a member of the parliamentary group of the European People's Party .

Life and education

After graduating from high school in 1971 at the extended high school in Weißenfels, Dieter-L studied. Koch from 1971 to 1975 at the Hochschule für Architektur und Bauwesen (HAB) in Weimar. After graduating, he worked as a design engineer in a construction and architecture office in the chemical industry. At the end of 1976 he returned to the HAB Weimar (now Bauhaus-Universität Weimar ) as a research assistant , where he worked as a scientist and teacher until 1990. In 1985 he received his doctorate in engineering. on the topic of industrial areas: Joint, coordinated use of certain parts of the company by several companies .

He is married and has a daughter.

politics

Political career

In 1985 Koch became a member of the CDU . He headed a working group for construction and transport infrastructure appointed by the district executive. He received his first mandate for a parliament for the People's Chamber of the GDR in 1990. After reunification , Koch became a member of the German Bundestag . He was appointed head of division in the Thuringian state representation at the federal government in 1991. He began his political career in the EU as an observer in the European Parliament (from 1991 to 1994). In 1994 he won the mandate as a member of the European Parliament (4th electoral term). He was re-elected to the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th electoral terms in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014. He did not run for the 2019 European elections .

Areas of activity and committees

Among other things, Koch is involved as:

  • Vice-President in the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
  • Deputy member of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL)
  • Member of the parliamentary group "People with Disabilities" (Disability Intergroup)
  • alternate member of the delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo
  • Member of the delegation for relations with Japan
  • Board member of the CDU / CSU group in the European Parliament
  • Co-founder of the parliamentary group for SMEs Brussels (PKM)

Focus of work and initiatives

Koch's specific commitment relates primarily to the fundamental right to mobility for everyone - with a focus on safety - as well as to the special concerns of the younger and older people and those who live with a disability.

In the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament, he advocates the consideration of the rights of people with disabilities and their needs in the legislative process. Improving traffic safety on European roads and reducing the number of accident victims are other important goals that Koch wants to achieve with his work.

One technology that Koch is particularly promoting is eCall , the life-saving electronic emergency call. This system automatically sends an emergency call to the operations center immediately after a serious vehicle accident. The eCall system represents a sleeping system (data protection), which is mandatory to be installed in every automobile but only "wakes up" in the event of a serious accident and sends a minimal data record for localization. Koch was the initiator of the DocStop project , an initiative for on-the-go medical care for professional drivers in Europe. He was chairman of the association for over five years.

Further topics are the stipulation of extended passenger rights, the reduction of the maximum permitted flight and flight standby times and the introduction of the EU-wide emergency number 112.

Honorary positions

Selected honorary positions in specialist committees:

  • Federal Association of Medium-Sized Enterprises, BVMW
  • Working group on biological diversity, environment, transport, chair
  • Working group people with disabilities, board of directors

Awards

  • 1999 Awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon by the Federal President
  • 2007 Awarded the “Official Manager” by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce
  • 2008 Awarded the Golden Diesel Ring from the Association of Motor Journalists (VdM) for special services to road safety.
  • 2012 Awarded the golden badge of honor by the regional association of transport companies in Thuringia
  • 2012 Awarded the Silver Badge of Honor of the Federation of Expellees Thuringia
  • 2013 Awarded the Golden Badge of Honor from the Thuringian Transport Industry Association (LTV) eV
  • In 2015 he was accepted into the international humanitarian knightly order Cordon Bleu du Saint Esprit

Web links

Commons : Dieter-Lebrecht Koch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH | All terms | MPs | European Parliament. In: www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved October 27, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Election to the EU Parliament: These are the candidates from Thuringia. Retrieved June 15, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH | All terms | MPs | European Parliament. In: www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved October 27, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Cordon Bleu du Saint Esprit - single. (No longer available online.) In: www.cordon-bleu-du-saint-esprit.eu. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016 ; accessed on October 27, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Koch, Dieter-Lebrecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU), MdV, MdB, MdEP
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Weissenfels