Constanze Krehl

Constanze Angela Krehl (born 14 October 1956) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.

Constanze Krehl

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 1994
ConstituencyGermany
Personal details
Born
Constanze Angela Krehl

(1956-10-14) 14 October 1956
Stuttgart, Germany
Political party German
Social Democratic Party
 EU
Party of European Socialists
Alma materTU Dresden
Websitewww.constanze-krehl.eu

Education

After Krehl received her diploma from German secondary school in 1975 in Leipzig, she studied at the Technische Universität Dresden (Technical University Dresden) and graduated in computer science in 1980.

Political career
  • 1999-2005 Member of the SPD federal executive board
  • 1999-2004 Regional Chair of the SPD Saxony
  • 1996-1999 Regional Vice-Chair of the SPD Saxony
  • February 1991- June 1994 Observer of the European Parliament
  • October - December 1990 Member of the "Deutscher Bundestag" (German Parliament)
  • March - October 1990 Member of the "Volkskammer" (GDR People's Assembly)

Member of the European Parliament, 2004-present

Since 2004 Krehl has been a member of the Committee on Regional Development, furthermore she is member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. Until 2004 she was a Member of the Committee on Budgets and is still a substitute member. Since 2016, she has been serving as the Parliament’s own-initiative report on the EU’s space strategy.[1]

In addition to her committee assignments, Krehl served as chairwoman of the Delegation for relations with Russia from 1994 until 1997 and as chairwoman of the Delegation to EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee from 1997-1999 and 1999-2002. She also serves as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.[2]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Krehl was part the working group on European policy, led by Peter Altmaier, Alexander Dobrindt and Achim Post.[3]

Other activities

Recognition

In 1998 Krehl was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

See also: 2009 European Parliament election in Germany

References
  1. Joshua Posaner (November 30, 2016), Rapporteur appointed for European Parliament’s space strategy report Politico Europe.
  2. Members European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.
  3. Sachsens SPD-Chef Dulig soll über GroKo mit verhandeln Leipziger Volkszeitung, January 25, 2018.
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