Burkhard Lischka (born 1 February 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 2009 until 2019.
Political career
Lischka served as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice in the State of Saxony-Anhalt from 2006 to 2009.[1]
From 2011 until 2019, Lischka was part of his parliamentary group's leadership under successive chairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2009-2013), Thomas Oppermann (2013-2017) and Andrea Nahles (2017-2019). Within the parliamentary group, he was a member of the working groups on municipal policy (2009-2013), relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan (2009-2013), legal affairs (2009-2014) and internal affairs (since 2014). He also belonged to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[2]
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