Rolf Berend
Rolf Berend (born October 1, 1943 in Gernrode / Eichsfeld ) is a German politician ( CDU ).
Life and work
After graduating from high school , Berend studied music education and German at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the University of Leipzig , which he completed in 1966 as a graduate teacher . He then worked as a teacher until 1990 . He is married and has three children.
Political party
Berend joined the CDU in 1974 and was a member of the executive boards of the CDU regional association Thuringia and the CDU district association Eichsfeld from 1990 . Since 1992 he has also been chairman of the regional committee for Europe and European policy spokesman for the CDU in Thuringia. He has been a member of the municipal council of his home town of Gernrode since 1989 and was a member of the GDR's first freely elected People's Chamber from March to October 1990 .
MP
After initially serving as an MP with observer status from 1991 to 1994 , Berend was elected a full member of the European Parliament in 1994 and, since 1996, deputy chairman for regional policy of the EPP / ED Group. Berend has also been a member of the EPP / ED Group Bureau since 1999 and was Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Regional Development. Berend was also a member of the delegation to the ACP- EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly .
Social offices
After he was regional chairman of the European Union in Thuringia from 1993 , Berend has been its honorary chairman since 2002. Berend was also a member of the Europa-Union parliamentary group European Parliament. Berend has been a member of the Central Committee of German Catholics since 2004 . On February 13, 2001, he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .
Web links
- Entry on Rolf Berend in the Members' database of the European Parliament
- Rolf Berend (archive) at Abmachenwatch
- Biography of Rolf Berend . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : The members of the 10th People's Chamber of the GDR (Volkparl)
Individual evidence
- ^ European Parliament, Citizens' Handbook, 5th electoral term 1999–2004. Rheinbreitbach: Neue Darmstädter Verlagsanstalt, 2000. P. 31.
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SURNAME | Berend, Rolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), MdV, MEP |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gernrode , Eichsfeld |