Markus Töns
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{{short description|German politician}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|1|1}}
| birth_place = Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
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| party = SPD
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Markus Töns (born 1 January 1964) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.
Early life and career
After graduating from high school in 1985 in Gelsenkirchen, he successfully completed his studies in political science in 1995, earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) from the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster. He then worked as a consultant for political education at the "Aktuelle Forum NRW" from 1996 to 2001, where he gained valuable experience in the field of political education. From 2002 to 2005, he served as a research associate for Hans Frey, a member of the state parliament, assisting him in various political matters.{{Cite web |title=Markus Töns |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/T/toens_markus-858096 |website=Deutscher Bundestag |access-date=11 October 2024}}
Political career
From 2005 until 2017 Töns served as a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. In this capacity, he also represented the state on the European Committee of the Regions from 2012 until 2017.
Töns became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, representing Gelsenkirchen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spdfraktion.de/abgeordnete/toens|title=Markus Töns, MdB|date=25 September 2017|website=SPD-Bundestagsfraktion|language=de|access-date=21 March 2020}} In parliament, he is a member of the Committee on European Union Affairs and the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy.{{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=21 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a09|title=German Bundestag – Economic Affairs and Energy|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=21 March 2020}} In this capacity, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on Brexit.
Other activities
- Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/news/neukonstituierung_politischer_beirat-20200701/ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420002356/https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/news/neukonstituierung_politischer_beirat-20200701/ |date=20 April 2022 }} Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of 1 July 2020.
- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://www.markus-toens.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.bundestag.de/en/members/524136-524136 Bundestag biography] {{in lang|en}}
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