Jürgen Berghahn

Jürgen Berghahn (born 5 July 1960 in Blomberg) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag for Lippe I since the 2021 German federal election.[1] Previously, he was a member of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament from 2010 to 2021.

Jürgen Berghahn
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
Born (1960-07-05) 5 July 1960
Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySPD

Early life and career

Berghahn did an apprenticeship as an electrician. He worked for Schieder Möbel for 26 years until the company's insolvency.[2] He was a member of the company’s works council from 1994 to 2008 and served as deputy chairman of the group workers council from 2002 until 2008. Berghahn is a lecturer in adult education for private and trade union educational institutions. He has been a member of IG Metall since 1984.[3][4]

Political career

Berghahn has been a member of the Blomberg town council and local chairman of Istrup since 2004. He has been the chairman of the Blomberg real estate and property management since 2004.[5] He is chairman of the SPD local association Istrup/Wellentrup.[5]

Berghahn was elected as a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia in the state parliamentary constituency of Lippe II in the state elections of 2010,[6] 2012,[7] and 2017.[8]

Member of the German Parliament, 2021–present

Berghahn ran as an SPD direct candidate for the federal constituency Lippe I and won the direct mandate in the 2021 federal election.[9] In the course of this, he resigned his state parliament mandate. Nina Andrieshen succeeded him in the state parliament.[10]

In parliament, Berghahn has been serving on the Committee on Transport.[11] Within his parliamentary group, he belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[12]

Personal life

Berghahn is married and the father of two children.[1]

See also

References
  1. ""Deutscher Bundestag – Jürgen Berghahn"". bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ""Bundestagswahl: SPD Lemgo unterstützt Jürgen Berghahn"". newsgo.de (in German). 13 February 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ""Jürgen Berghahn MdB"". nrwspd-landesgruppe.de (in German). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. ""Die Zeichen stehen auf Sturm bei Weidmüller"". lippe-news.de (in German). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  5. ""Jürgen Berghahn MdB"". nrwspd.de (in German). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ""Landtagswahl 2010"". nrw.de (in German). Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  7. ""Landtagswahl 2012"" (PDF). nrw.de (in German). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  8. ""Landtagswahl 2017"". wahlergebnisse.nrw (in German). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  9. ""Ein Quartett für Berlin: So blicken die Bundestagskandidaten auf die Wahl"". lz.de (in German). 27 September 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  10. ""Ministerialblatt (MBI. NRW.) Ausgabe 2021 Nr. 32"". recht.nrw.de (in German). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  11. Jürgen Berghahn Bundestag.
  12. Members Parliamentary Left.
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