Mark Helfrich (politician)

Mark Helfrich
Helfrich in 2015
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Personal details
Born	(1978-09-08) 8 September 1978 (age 46) Itzehoe, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	CDU

Mark Helfrich (born 8 September 1978) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Schleswig-Holstein since 2013.

Political career

Helfrich became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.^[1] From 2013 until 2014, he served on the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs as well as the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Committee on European Union Affairs and the Committee on Economic and Energy Affairs.^[2][3]

Since the 2021 elections, Helfrich has been serving as his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for energy policy.^[4]

Other activities

• Agora Energiewende, Member of the Council^[5]
• German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board^[6]
• Rotary International, Member

Political positions

In June 2017, Helfrich voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.^[7]

References

1. "Mark Helfrich". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
2. "German Bundestag - Committee on European Union Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
3. "German Bundestag - Economic Affairs and Energy". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
4. Henning Baethge (14 December 2021), Union im Bundestag: Jo Wadephul wieder Fraktionsvize, Mark Helfrich Sprecher für Energie Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag.
5. Council Agora Energiewende.
6. Parliamentary Advisory Board German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF).
7. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, 30 June 2017.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Bundestag biography (in English)