Mark Helfrich (politician)
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|9|8}}
| birth_place = Itzehoe, West Germany
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Mark Helfrich (born 8 September 1978) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Schleswig-Holstein since 2013.
Political career
Helfrich became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cducsu.de/abgeordnete/mark-helfrich|title=Mark Helfrich|website=CDU/CSU-Fraktion|access-date=2020-03-21}} From 2013 until 2014, he served on the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs as well as the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Committee on European Union Affairs and the Committee on Economic and Energy Affairs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a21|title=German Bundestag - Committee on European Union Affairs|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a09|title=German Bundestag - Economic Affairs and Energy|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}}
Since the 2021 elections, Helfrich has been serving as his parliamentary group's spokesperson for energy policy.Henning Baethge (14 December 2021), [https://www.shz.de/regionales/schleswig-holstein/politik/Jo-Wadephul-wieder-Fraktionsvize-Mark-Helfrich-Sprecher-fuer-Energie-id34685692.html Union im Bundestag: Jo Wadephul wieder Fraktionsvize, Mark Helfrich Sprecher für Energie] Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag.
Other activities
- Agora Energiewende, Member of the Council[https://www.agora-energiewende.de/en/about-us/council-of-the-agora/ Council] Agora Energiewende.
- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board[https://deneff.org/das-sind-wir/beirat Parliamentary Advisory Board] German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF).
- Rotary International, Member
Political positions
In June 2017, Helfrich voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article166099805/Diese-Unionsabgeordneten-stimmten-fuer-die-Ehe-fuer-alle.html Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle] Die Welt, 30 June 2017.
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://mark-helfrich.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.bundestag.de/en/members/helfrich_mark-520256 Bundestag biography] {{in lang|en}}
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