Falko Droßmann
{{Short description|German politician (born 1973)}}
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| party = Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
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Falko Droßmann (born 11 December 1973) is a German politician who has been serving as a Member of the Bundestag for Hamburg-Mitte since the 2021 elections.{{Cite web|title=Results Hamburg-Mitte – The Federal Returning Officer|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-2/wahlkreis-18.html|access-date=27 September 2021|website=bundeswahlleiter.de}}
Early life and career
Droßmann grew up as the son of a bus driver and a cleaning woman.Geli Tangermann (26 February 2016), [https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article152651099/Das-ist-der-neue-Chef-in-Mitte.html Falko Droßmann: Das ist der neue Chef in Mitte] Die Welt. At the age of 17, he became a police officer.Geli Tangermann (26 February 2016), [https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article152651099/Das-ist-der-neue-Chef-in-Mitte.html Falko Droßmann: Das ist der neue Chef in Mitte] Die Welt.
Droßmann became a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 elections. He has since been serving on the Defence Committee and the Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/D/drossmann_falko-861608 Falko Droßmann] Bundestag.
In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition under the leadership of Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD following the 2025 German elections, Droßmann was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on foreign affairs, defense, development cooperation and human rights, led by Johann Wadephul, Florian Hahn and Svenja Schulze.Katharina Seiler (13 March 2025), [https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/Koalitionsverhandlungen-zwischen-Union-und-SPD-getartet,koalitionsverhandlungen352.html Koalitionsverhandlungen zwischen Union und SPD gestartet] Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
Other activities
- Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)[https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2022/kw22-de-wahl-gremien-894014 Mitglieder mehrerer Gremien gewählt] Bundestag, press release of 2 June 2022.
Personal life
Droßmann has been married to Denny Krienke since 2017.Nadja Aswad, Daniel Peters and Ronald Sawatzki (2 October 2017), [https://www.bild.de/regional/hamburg/ehe/einen-besseren-finde-ich-nicht-53392778.bildMobile.html Bezirks-Chef traut sich am 1. Ehe-für-Alle-Tag „Einen Besseren finde ich nicht!"] Bild.
References
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