Markus Kurth (politician)
Markus Kurth (born April 14, 1966 in Beuel ) is a German politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ) and political scientist. Kurth has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2002 .
Life and work
After high school in 1985, at Cardinal Frings-Gymnasium in Bonn Kurth made until 1987 his community service at Caritas Bonn, and subsequently graduated in political science at the Free University of Berlin , as which he 1993 Diploma - political scientist concluded. He then worked from 1994 to 1997 as a research assistant at the Sociology Department at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf and from 1997 to 1998 as a freelance political advisor. In 1998 he switched to the Emscher Region Initiative Group as a research assistant and in 2002 took on the role of education manager at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in North Rhine-Westphalia .
Markus Kurth is married, has one child and lives in Dortmund .
Political party
Kurth became a member of the Greens in the 1990s and was chairman of the Dortmund district association from 2000 to 2003.
Member of the Bundestag
He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2002 . From 2002 to 2013 he was the social policy spokesman for the Bundestag parliamentary group Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen . Since 2005 he has also been the parliamentary group spokesman for disability policy and head of the group's working group on green policy for people with disabilities . In December 2013, Kurth took over the post of spokesman for pension policy. He is the chairman of the Greens in the Committee for Labor and Social Affairs . He is a deputy member of the health committee .
Markus Kurth has always entered the Bundestag via the state list of North Rhine-Westphalia .
Private
Kurth is father of one child and of Roman Catholic denomination.
Web links
- Website by Markus Kurth
- Biography at the German Bundestag
- Curriculum vitae at the Bundestag parliamentary group Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen
- Markus Kurth on parliamentwatch.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Markus Kurth, Alliance 90 / The Greens. German Bundestag , accessed on August 26, 2020 .
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SURNAME | Kurth, Markus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Member of the Bundestag |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bump |