Philipp Lengsfeld

Philipp Lengsfeld
Member of the Bundestag
In office
22 September 2013 – 24 September 2017
ConstituencyBerlin-Mitte
Personal details
Born (1972-03-21) 21 March 1972 (age 52)
East Berlin, East Germany
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens (1995–2001)
Christian Democratic Union (2001–present)
Children2
Alma materTechnische Universität Berlin

Philipp Lengsfeld (born 21 March 1972) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Life

Born in East Berlin, Lengsfeld is the oldest son of German politician and civil rights activist Vera Lengsfeld. He grew up in East Germany. In 2001, he joined the center-right CDU.

From 2013 to 2017, he was a member of the Bundestag.

Positions

Philipp Lengsfeld belongs to the right-wing of his party, the so-called Berliner Kreis.[1]

He opposes same-sex marriage[2] and is critic of Angela Merkels climate policy.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ziele". Berliner Kreis. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ^ Werner van Bebber, Sabine Beikler (30 June 2015), "Homo-Ehe spaltet Berliner CDU", Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German), ISSN 1865-2263, retrieved 4 September 2018
  3. ^ "Klimaschutz: CDU-Rechte fordern Abschied von deutschen Klimazielen", Die Zeit (in German), Hamburg, 3 June 2017, ISSN 0044-2070, retrieved 7 June 2017


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