Albert Rupprecht

Albert Rupprecht
Albert Rupprecht in 2014
Member of the Bundestag for Weiden
Incumbent
Assumed office
2002
Personal details
Born (1968-06-10) 10 June 1968
Waldthurn, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyCSU
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Regensburg

Albert Rupprecht (born 10 June 1968) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2002.

Political career

Rupprecht first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2002 German federal election, representing the Weiden district.[1] In parliament, he initially served as deputy chair of the Committee on Economic Affairs from 2005 to 2009.[2] In 2009, he moved to the Committee for Education, Research and Technology Assessment.[3] Also since 2009, he has been the CDU/CSU parliamentary group's spokesperson on education and research.

From 2008 to 2010, Rupprecht chaired the parliamentary body providing oversight of the Special Financial Market Stabilization Funds (SoFFin).[4]

In the negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Rupprecht was part of the working group on education policy, led by Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Stefan Müller and Hubertus Heil.

Other activities

  • Eckert & Ziegler, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2017)

Political positions

In June 2017, Rupprecht voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Albert Rupprecht". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ Stoibers Enkel auf dem Weg zur Macht Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 8 December 2009.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Education, Research and Technology Assessment". German Bundestag. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. ^ Hans von der Hagen (17 May 2010), Soffin-Chefkontrolleur: "Man hätte nicht mehr mit Karte zahlen können" Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  5. ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
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