Kurt Lechner

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Kurt Georg Lechner (born October 26, 1942 in Kaiserslautern ) was a member of the CDU for Rhineland-Palatinate in the European People's Party from 1999 to 2012 .

Life

Kurt Lechner graduated from high school in Kaiserslautern in 1961. In 1961/62 he did his military service with the mountain and paratroopers and was then first lieutenant in the reserve . From 1962 to 1967 he studied law, political science and economics in Munich and Mainz . During his studies he passed his first and in 1970 his second state examination in law. From 1970 to 1973 he worked as a notary assessor in Landau and Kaiserslautern and from 1973 to 1999 as a notary in Kaiserslautern.

politics

Kurt Lechner has been a member of the CDU since 1964 and was state chairman of the Junge Union in Rhineland-Palatinate from 1971 to 1977 and a member of the state board of the CDU-Rhineland-Palatinate. He was chairman of the CDU district association Kaiserslautern-Stadt and from 1993 to 2011 district chairman of the CDU Rheinhessen-Pfalz. From 1993 to 2005 he was a member of the CDU state executive.

From 1976 to 1979 he was a member of the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate. Kurt Lechner has been a member of the European Parliament since 1999. He belongs to the Group of the European People's Party . For his group he is a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and a member of the Legal Affairs Committee and Consumer Protection. He is also a member of the delegation for relations with the Mashrek countries.

On March 17, 2012, Lechner resigned from the European Parliament; The successor is the Lord Mayor of Bingen am Rhein, Birgit Collin-Langen .

Memberships

Lechner is a member of the Europa-Union parliamentary group European Parliament .

Further offices and memberships

Lechner has been the chairman of the Friends of the University of Kaiserslautern eV since 1993. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fridtjof Nansen Academy for Civic Education in the Ingelheim Training Center .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ europarl.europa.eu: Opening of the session: Saudi journalist faces the death penalty ; accessed on February 22, 2012
  2. ^ Rainer Gräff: Europe: Kurt Lechner makes room for Birgit Collin-Langen , May 19, 2011 (accessed on February 22, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Lechner, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lechner, Kurt Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU), MdL, MdEP
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaiserslautern