Ralf Brauksiepe

Ralf Brauksiepe
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
1998
Personal details
Born (1967-03-14) 14 March 1967
Hattingen, Northrhine-Westphalia
Nationality German
Political party CDU
Alma mater Ruhr University Bochum
Profession Economist
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Website www.ralf-brauksiepe.de

Ralf Brauksiepe (born 14 March 1967 in Hattingen) is a German politician and member of the conservative CDU. Since the 1998 election he has been a member of the Bundestag.

Early life and education

Studying on a scholarship by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Brauksiepe earned a Diplom (1990) and a Doctorate (1995) in economics from the Ruhr University Bochum.[1] Between 1996 and 1998 he was a research assistant in Bochum.

Political career

Brauksiepe joined the CDU in 1983.

Between 2002 and 2005, Brauksiepe was the CDU/CSU parliamentary group’s senior representative on the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development[2] and the Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development. He also served as Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of East Africa between 1998 and 2013.

Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs, 2009–2013

In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2009 federal elections, Brauksiepe was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on labour and social affairs, led by Ronald Pofalla and Dirk Niebel. From October 2009 to December 2013, he then served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs under Ursula von der Leyen.[3]

Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense, 2013–present

Following the 2013 federal elections, Brauksiepe was part of the CDU/CSU team in the negotiations with the SPD on a coalition agreement. Since December 2013, he has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defence, succeeding Christian Schmidt.

In this capacity, he focuses on the areas covered by the directorates for policy, defense planning, forces policy, and strategy and operations, as well as those covered by the budget directorate. One of his most important tasks is representing the ministry before the Bundestag budget committee.[4]

In addition, Brauksiepe serves as Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Maghreb States (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauretania, Tunisia).[5]

Other activities

Controversy

In June 2016, Turkey caused a diplomatic incident by blocking Brauksiepe's visit to Incirlik Air Base, in a sign of tense relations between the two NATO allies at the time.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Speaker: Dr. Ralf Brauksiepe Riga Conference, July 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ Stephan Wallace (April 29, 2014), Commentary: Ministry of Defense American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) Washington, D.C.
  3. ↑ Stephan Wallace (April 29, 2014), Commentary: Ministry of Defense American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) Washington, D.C.
  4. ↑ Stephan Wallace (April 29, 2014), Commentary: Ministry of Defense American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) Washington, D.C.
  5. ↑ Executives of the parliamentary friendship groups and parliamentary friendship representatives in the 18th electoral term Deutscher Bundestag.
  6. ↑ Sabine Siebold (June 20, 2016), Turkey blocking German official's visit to Incirlik base: Germany Reuters
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