Udo Schiefner
{{Short description|German politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Udo Schiefner
| office = Member of the Bundestag
| image = File:Schiefner, Udo-9764.jpg
| caption = Udo Schiefner in 2014
| term_start = 2013
| term_end = 2025
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|8|7}}
| birth_place = Kempen, West Germany
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| party = SPD
| nationality = German
| children =
| alma_mater = Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology
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Udo Schiefner (born 7 August 1959) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2013 to 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/udo-schiefner|title=Udo Schiefner {{!}} Abgeordnetenwatch|website=www.abgeordnetenwatch.de|language=de|access-date=2020-03-21}}
Political career
Schiefner first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spdfraktion.de/abgeordnete/schiefner|title=Udo Schiefner, MdB|date=2013-09-23|website=SPD-Bundestagsfraktion|language=de|access-date=2020-03-21}} He joined the SPD in 1975 and was elected chairman of the SPD Niederrhein in February 2021. In parliament, he was the chair of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and a member of the Committee on Petitions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a02|title=German Bundestag - Petitions|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a15|title=German Bundestag - Transport and Digital Infrastructure|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}}
In addition to his committee assignments, Schiefner was part of the German-Dutch Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2022 to 2025.[https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/kempen/udo-schiefner-setzt-sich-fuer-deutsch-nierlaendische-beziehungen-ein_aid-67383973 Bundestagsabgeordneter aus Kempen: Udo Schiefner setzt sich für deutsch-niederländische Beziehungen ein] Rheinische Post, 22 March 2022.
In July 2024, Schiefner announced that he would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/kempen/kreis-viersen-spd-abgeordneter-udo-schiefner-tritt-nicht-mehr-an_aid-117053231 SPD-Abgeordneter Udo Schiefner tritt nicht mehr an] Rheinische Post, 31 July 2024.
Other activities
- Action Medeor, Member of the Advisory Board[https://medeor.de/de/ueber-uns/organisation-und-team/mitglieder-praesidium-beirat.html Advisory Board] Action Medeor.
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://udo-schiefner.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.bundestag.de/en/members/schiefner_udo-523250 Bundestag biography] {{in lang|en}}
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