Kai Gehring

After receiving his Abitur in Velbert, Gehring majored in social sciences at the Ruhr University Bochum, earning his Diplom in 2003.

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 assignments, 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).

• Aktion Deutschland Hilft (Germany's Relief Coalition), Member of the Board of Trustees[1]
• 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[2]
• Leibniz Association, Member of the Senate
• Amnesty International, Member
• Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD), Member

• Kai Gehring's official website
• Biography by the Green Parliamentary Group