Norbert Altenkamp

Norbert Altenkamp (born 27 July 1972)[1] is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017. He previously served as mayor of Bad Soden.

Norbert Altenkamp
Norbert Altenkamp in 2017
Member of the Bundestag for Main-Taunus
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byHeinz Riesenhuber
Mayor of Bad Soden
In office
2004–2017
Preceded byKurt E. Bender
Succeeded byFrank Blasch
Personal details
Born (1972-07-27) 27 July 1972
Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Münster

Early life and education

Altenkamp was born in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia.[1] After his Abitur, he took up an apprenticeship as a bank teller at Dresdner Bank in Essen,[2] followed by studying economics at the University of Münster.

Political career
Norbert Altenkamp in the plenum of the German Bundestag

Altenkamp entered the CDU in 1990. From 2004 to 2017, he was mayor of Bad Soden. He was first elected in 2003 with 63.3% of the vote[3][4] and was re-elected in 2009[5] and 2015.[6]

In the 2017 German federal election, Altenkamp was directly elected as member of parliament for the electoral district of Main-Taunus, becoming the CDU candidate after a contested internal election.[7] He has since been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. In this capacity, he is the CDU/CSU parliamentary group's rapporteur on the immigration of skilled workers and on tax incentives for research and development.

Other activities
  • Süwag Energie, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2015)
  • Taunus Sparkasse, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2011)[8]
  • Kliniken des Main-Taunus-Kreises, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2016)

Personal life

Altenkamp is married and has two children, and currently resides in Bad Soden.

References
  1. "Deutscher Bundestag - Norbert Altenkamp". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  2. "Mein Lebenslauf – Norbert Altenkamp" (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  3. "Direktwahl in Bad Soden: CDU-Bewerber deklassiert Mitbewerber" (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  4. "Wahl zum Bürgermeister am 28.09.2003". Bad Soden am Taunus (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  5. "Wahl zum Bürgermeister am 27.09.2009". Bad Soden am Taunus (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  6. "Wahl zum Bürgermeister am 13.09.2015". Bad Soden am Taunus (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  7. KG, Gießener Anzeiger Verlags GmbH & Co. "Norbert Altenkamp folgt auf Heinz Riesenhuber - Usinger Anzeiger" (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  8. Executive Board and Supervisory Board Taunus Sparkasse.
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