Sascha Raabe
{{Short description|German politician (born 1968)}}
{{confused|text=the German ice dancer Sascha Rabe}}
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| name = Sascha Raabe
| office = Member of the Bundestag
| image = File:MK19689 Sascha Raabe.jpg
| caption = Sascha Raabe in 2014
| term_start = 2002
| term_end = 2021
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|6|10}}
| birth_place = Frankfurt, West Germany
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| party = SPD
| nationality = German
| children =
| alma_mater = Goethe University Frankfurt
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Sascha Raabe (born 10 June 1968) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 2002 until 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/sascha-raabe|title=Sascha Raabe {{!}} Abgeordnetenwatch|website=www.abgeordnetenwatch.de|language=de|access-date=2020-03-21}}
Political career
Raabe became member of the Bundestag in the 2002 German federal election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spdfraktion.de/abgeordnete/raabe|title=Dr. Sascha Raabe, MdB|date=2011-06-27|website=SPD-Bundestagsfraktion|language=de|access-date=2020-03-21}} Throughout his time in parliament, he served on the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a19|title=German Bundestag - Economic Cooperation and Development|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}} In 2009, he also joined the Subcommittee on the United Nations, International Organizations and Globalization. From 2014 until 2015, he was his parliamentary group's spokesperson on development policy.
In addition to his committee assignments, Raabe was part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America.
In June 2018, Raabe announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[https://www.main-echo.de/regional/rhein-main-hessen/Bundestag-kuenftig-ohne-Sascha-Raabe;art11879,6064282 Bundestag künftig ohne Sascha Raabe] Main-Echo, June 20, 2018.
Other activities
- German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2012)[https://deval.org/en/structure.html?file=files/content/Dateien/Institut/Struktur/DEval_Beiratsmitglieder_Webseite_2019_EN.pdf Members of the Advisory Board (2019)] German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval).
- German Foundation for World Population (DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (–2021)[https://www.dsw.org/parlamentarischer-beirat/ Advisory Board] German Foundation for World Population (DSW).
- German Development Service (DED), Member of the Supervisory Board (2009-2010)
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.sascha-raabe.de/html/-1/welcome/index.html}} {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.bundestag.de/en/members/raabe_sascha-522750 Bundestag biography] {{in lang|en}}
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