Jens Brandenburg

Jens Brandenburg (born 8 March 1986) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2017.[1]

Jens Brandenburg
Jens Brandenburg in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1986-03-08) 8 March 1986
Simmerath, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyFDP
Alma materUniversity of Mannheim

Early life and career

Born in Simmerath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg graduated from high school in Monschau in 2005. He then studied political science and economics at the University of Mannheim until 2010, graduating with a Bachelor's and master's degree. From 2010 to 2014 Brandenburg received his doctorate from the Graduate School of Economics and Social Science at the University of Mannheim.

After receiving his doctorate, Brandenburg worked for the Boston Consulting Group from 2014 until 2017.

Political career

Brandenburg has been a member of the FDP since 2006.

As a member of the Committee for Education, Research and Technology Assessment, Brandenburg serves as his parliamentary group's spokesperson for studies, vocational training and lifelong learning. He is also spokesperson for the rights of LSBTI.[2][3]

In addition to his committee assignments, Brandenburg is part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Cono Sur States.

Other activities
  • Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)[4]
gollark: Which I disagree with, yes.
gollark: If it became possible to grow babies externally or conveniently move them, that might be an acceptable solution too.
gollark: To rethingy: I think that, regardless of whose body or creation or whatever it is, the person who is actually carrying it and bears the associated issues of having it glued to their circulatory system and such should get to decide whether to keep doing that.
gollark: A fetus contains some of your genes but ~all of its materials come from what the mother eats/processes, so that isn't relevant either.
gollark: I'll rephrase a bit or something.

References
  1. "Abgeordnete". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. "Fachpolitische Sprecher". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  3. Knuth, Christian (2018-02-21). "Auch FDP-Fraktion mit queerpolitischem Sprecher". männer* (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  4. Board of Trustees Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation.


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