Kai Gehring
Kai Gehring | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2005 | |
Personal details | |
Born |
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Northrhine-Westphalia | 26 December 1977
Nationality | German |
Political party | Alliance '90/The Greens |
Alma mater | Ruhr University Bochum |
Profession | Sociologist |
Website | www.kai-gehring.de |
Kai Gehring (born 26 December 1977) is a German politician.
Early life and education
After receiving his Abitur in Velbert, Gehring majored in social sciences at the Ruhr University Bochum, earning his Diplom in 2003.
Political career
Having joined the liberal party Alliance '90/The Greens in 1998, Gehring was elected to the Bundestag in the 2005 federal election. He was able to retain his seat in the 2009 election.
Since joining the parliament, Gehring has been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment. In 2011, he became his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for research and universities.
In addition to his committee assignment, Gehring has served as deputy chairman of the German-Greek Parliamentary Friendship Group (2013-2017); the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East (since 2018), which is in charge of maintaining inter-parliamentary relations with Bahrain, Irak, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and the Palestinian territories; and the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Central African States (since 2018).
Other activities
- Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees
- FernUniversität Hagen, Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Board
- German National Association for Student Affairs, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees[1]
- Leibniz Association, Member of the Senate
- Amnesty International, Member
- Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD), Member