Bernd Westphal

Bernd Westphal (born 30 September 1960) is a German trade unionist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.

Bernd Westphal
Bernd Westphal in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byBernhard Brinkmann
Personal details
Born (1960-09-30) 30 September 1960
Hildesheim, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD

Political career

Westphal first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[1] He is a member of the Committee for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development.[2] He has been serving as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on economic affairs and energy since 2015.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Westphal was part of the working group on energy, climate protection and the environment, led by Armin Laschet, Georg Nüßlein and Barbara Hendricks.

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations
  • Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (KENFO), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)[3]
  • Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Chairman of the Political Advisory Board (since 2018)[4]
  • German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board[5]
  • IG BCE, Member

References
  1. "Bernd Westphal, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  2. "German Bundestag - Economic Affairs and Energy". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  3. Governance Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund.
  4. Bernd Westphal wird neuer Beirats-Vorsitzender beim Wirtschaftsforum der SPD Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of 7 June 2018.
  5. Parliamentary Advisory Board German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF).
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