Uwe Schummer

Uwe Schummer
Schummer in 2012
Member of the Bundestag
In office 2002–2021
Personal details
Born	(1957-11-14) 14 November 1957 (age 67) Adelaide, Australia
Nationality	German
Occupation	Politician
Website	https://uwe-schummer.de/

Uwe Schummer (born 14 November 1957 in Adelaide, Australia) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from Willich who was a member of the Bundestag from 2002 until 2021.

Early life and career

After finishing school in 1974, Schummer completed an apprenticeship as a merchant. From 1979 to 1980 he did his military service in the Bundeswehr sports promotion section in Warendorf. From 1978 to 1983 he took part in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the German Athletics Championships. After his military service, Schummer worked as a clerk at Stadtwerke Willich until he 1983 when he began to work for the Catholic Workers Movement (KAB). From 1987 to 1989 he was Chief of Staff at the parliamentary office of Minister of Labor Norbert Blüm (CDU). In 1989 he became press spokesman of the Christian Democratic Employees' Association (CDA). Since 2009 Schummer is in a civil partnership.^[1]

Member of the Bundestag

Schummer has always won direct election to the Bundestag in the Viersen constituency:

• Parliamentary elections on 22 September 2002: 44.1% of the primary vote
• Parliamentary elections on 18 September 2005: 48.1% of the primary vote
• Parliamentary elections on 27 September 2009: 48.9% of the primary vote
• Parliamentary elections on 22 September 2013: 53% of the primary vote ^[2]

From 2014 Schummer served as Commissioner of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group for people with disabilities. He was a member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment, where he served as spokesperson of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group from 2009 to 2014.

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) following the 2013 federal elections, Schummer was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on education and research policy, led by Johanna Wanka and Doris Ahnen.

Following the 2017 elections, Schummer announced that he would not stand in the 2021 elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.^[3]

Other activities

• action medeor, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2004)^[4]
• RWE Power AG, Member of the Supervisory Board^[5]
• IG Metall, Member

Political positions

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Schummer publicly endorsed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Angela Merkel as the party’s chair.^[6] In 2019, he joined 14 members of his parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Merkel and Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservatives Friedrich Merz and Roland Koch.^[7]

In 2019, Schummer joined an international group of parliamentarians in a joint call for a body to strengthen the democratic representation of the world’s citizens in global affairs and the UN’s decision-making.^[8]

External links

• Website of Uwe Schummer
• Biography of Uwe Schummer on the Website of the German Parliament

References

1. Rheinsche Post: Ich wollte nicht abgestempelt werden (german)
2. "Uwe Schummer (CDU) wins significantly". RP Online. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
3. Andreas Reiner (December 26, 2019), RP-Gespräch mit dem CDU-Bundestagsabgeordneten Uwe Schummer: Erfolge der Koalition besser verkaufen Rheinische Post.
4. "action medeor". action medeor. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
5. "Supervisory Board". RWE Power AG. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
6. Uwe Schummer würde AKK wählen Rheinische Post, November 14, 2018.
7. Jens Schneider (October 30, 2019), Machtkampf in der CDU: Abgeordnete nennen parteiinterne Kritik "extrem schädlich" Süddeutsche Zeitung.
8. Call to action on the creation of a UN parliamentary assembly The Guardian, March 6, 2019.