Winfried Nachtwei
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Winfried Nachtwei (born 15 April 1946) is a German politician and former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. He is an expert on the Afghanistan conflict and works as a peace and conflict consultant since leaving the Bundestag. His nickname is "Winni".
Political career
Nachtwei was a member of the Communist League of West Germany (Kommunistischer Bund Westdeutschland; KBW) in the 1970s.
Nachtwei first became a member of the German Bundestag in the 1994 elections, representing the electoral district of Münster. Throughout his time in parliament, he was a member of the Defence Committee.
In addition to his committee assignments, Nachtwei served as member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the SADC States; the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Baltic States; and the German-Belarusian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Nachtwei did not run for office again in the 2009 elections.
Other activities
- CARE Deutschland-Luxemburg, Member of the Board of Trustees[https://www.care.de/care-paket/care-team/verwaltungsrat/ Board of Trustees] CARE Deutschland.
- Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Member of the Supervisory Board (until 2009)
- Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie, Member of the Board
- Heinrich Böll Foundation, Member of the Europe/Transatlantic Advisory Board[https://www.boell.de/de/navigation/struktur-2230.html Europe/Transatlantic Advisory Board] Heinrich Böll Foundation.
- Internationales Bildungs- und Begegnungswerk, Member of the Board of Trustees[https://ibb-d.de/kuratorium-des-ibb/ Board of Trustees]
- Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member
Works
- Namibia : Von der antikolonialen Revolte zum nationalen Befreiungskampf; Geschichte der ehemaligen deutschen Kolonie Südwestafrikas, Mannheim: Sendler, 1976 (Book series Nationale Befreiung; 7) {{ISBN|3-88048-029-X}}
References
External links
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- [http://www.nachtwei.de/ Official Website] {{in lang|de}}
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