Holger Becker
{{short description|German politician}}
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| name = Holger Becker
| image = Holger Becker Weimarer Land.jpg
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| office = Member of the Bundestag
| constituency = Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I
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| term_start = October 2021
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| predecessor = Johannes Selle
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| party = SPD
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|7|15}}
| birth_place = Kusel, West Germany
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Holger Becker (born 15 July 1964){{Cite web|title=Dr. Holger Becker - Abgeordneter der 20. Legislaturperiode|url=https://www.spdfraktion.de/abgeordnete/becker-dr-holger|access-date=30 October 2021|website=SPD|date=27 September 2021 |language=de}} is a German businessman and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD){{Cite web|title=Holger Becker|url=https://holger-becker.spd.de/|access-date=30 October 2021|website=SPD}} who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 German federal election, representing the constituency of Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I.
Early life and education
Becker studied physics at the University of Heidelberg and at University of Western Australia in Perth from 1985 to 1991. He subsequently worked as a research associate at the University of Heidelberg and earned a doctorate (Dr. rer.nat.) in 1995. He was a research associate at Imperial College London from 1995 to 1997.[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/B/becker_holger-861440 Holger Becker] Bundestag.
Career in the private sector
Becker worked at Jenoptik from 1998 until 2000.[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/B/becker_holger-861440 Holger Becker] Bundestag.
Political career
In parliament, Becker has been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment and the Committee on Digitization.[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/B/becker_holger-861440 Holger Becker] Bundestag.
Other activities
- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Ex-Officio Member of the Senate (since 2022)[https://www.helmholtz.de/en/about-us/structure-and-governance/statutes-and-governance/senate/members-of-the-senate/ Senate, as of February 2022] Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.[https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2022/kw07-de-wahl-gremien-879542 Mitglieder mehrerer Gremien gewählt] Bundestag, press release of 17 February 2022.
- German Physical Society (DPG), Member of the Board (2000–2015, since 2021)[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/B/becker_holger-861440 Holger Becker] Bundestag.
- Association of German Engineers (VDI), Member[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/B/becker_holger-861440 Holger Becker] Bundestag.
References
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