Fabian Funke
{{Short description|German politician (born 1997)}}
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| office = Member of the Bundestag
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| term_start = 26 October 2021
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| party = Social Democratic Party
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|7|25}}
| birth_place = Dresden, Germany
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| alma_mater = University of Erfurt
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Fabian Funke (born 25 July 1997) is a German politician{{Cite news|date=27 September 2021|title=Diese Menschen machen den Bundestag diverser|language=de|work=Zeit.de|url=https://www.zeit.de/zett/politik/2021-09/diversitaet-bundestag-bundestagswahl-frauen-transgender-junge-menschen-migrationshintergrund|access-date=22 January 2022}} of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 elections,{{Cite web|title=Fabian Funke|url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/F/funke_fabian-861290|access-date=22 January 2022|website=Deutscher Bundestag|language=de}}{{Cite news|date=29 September 2021|title=Das ist die U-25-Fraktion im Bundestag|language=de|work=Spiegel Politik|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/bundestagswahl-das-sind-die-juengsten-abgeordneten-im-bundestag-a-ed82e169-4f08-41e4-a3bf-b7b85e685f53|access-date=22 January 2022}} representing the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district.
Life
Funke was born in Dresden and completed his school career in 2016 with the Abitur at the Johann-Gottfried-Herder-Gymnasium in Pirna. From 2017 to 2020, Funke completed a bachelor's degree in international relations at the University of Erfurt.
He then began a master's degree in international relations with a focus on global political economy at the Technical University of Dresden in 2020. During his studies, Funke worked as an employee of state parliament member Dagmar Neukirch between 2018 and 2019. From 2020 to 2021 he was parliamentary group leader of the SPD in the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district council. Funke joined the SPD in 2017. Since 2018 he has been a member of the SPD district executive committee in the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district. In 2021 he was elected chairman of the Jusos in Saxony.{{Cite web |title=Fabian Funke - Mitglied im Deutschen Bundestages |url=https://www.fabian-funke.de/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.fabian-funke.de}}
Political career
In parliament, Funke has been serving on the Committee on European Affairs and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/F/funke_fabian-861290 Fabian Funke] Bundestag.
In addition to his committee assignments, Funke has been a member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2022.[https://pace.coe.int/en/members/8526/funke Fabian Funke] Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In the Assembly, he serves on the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons and the Sub-Committee on External Relations.
Within his parliamentary group, Funke is part of a working group on integration and migration, chaired by Lars Castellucci.[https://www.spdfraktion.de/abgeordnete/funke Fabian Funke] SPD Group in the German Parliament. He also belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement within the SPD group.Hans Monath (21 October 2022), [https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/aussenpolitik-der-spd-freundliche-kampfansage-an-die-verteidigungsministerin-8782765.html Leise Kritik an Lambrecht: SPD-Kollegen schicken freundliche Kampfansage an die Verteidigungsministerin] Der Tagesspiegel.
References
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External links
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{{Members of the 21st Bundestag}}
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Category:Politicians from Dresden
Category:Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Category:Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
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