Stephan Albani

Stephan Albani
Stephan Albani (2014)
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1968-03-03) 3 March 1968
Göttingen, West Germany
(now Germany)
Citizenship German
Nationality Germany
Political party CDU
Alma mater University of Göttingen
Occupation Physicist

Stephan Albani (born 3 June 1968) is a German physicist and politician (CDU). Since the federal election in 2013, he has been a member of the German Bundestag.[1]

Early life and career

Albani was born in Göttingen, and graduated from high school in 1987 in Norderstedt. From 1989 to 1994 he studied physics at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen with a degree as Diplomphysiker. He is Managing Partner of Hörzentrum (Hearing Center) GmbH Oldenburg since 1996, since 2001 managing director of HörTech gGmbH Oldenburg.[1]

Political career

Albani has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2013 national elections. He has since been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessement, where he is his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on health researach.

In addition to his committee assignments, Albani has served as member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the SADC States (2013-2017); chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South-Eastern Europe (Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) (2016-2018); and as chairman of the German-Irish Parliamentary Friendship Group (since 2018).

Other activities

Political positions

In June 2017, Albani voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[5]

Personal life

Albani is married, protestant, has three children and lives in Petersfehn in Ammerland, where he is deputy chairman of his party.[1]

References

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