Uwe Schummer
Uwe Schummer (born 14 November 1957 in Adelaide, Australia) is a German politician of the (CDU) from Willich. Schummer has been a member of the Bundestag since 2002. Since 2014 he has been Commissioner of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group for people with disabilities. He is a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment, where he served as chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group from 2009 to 2014.
Early life and career
After finishing school in 1974, Schummer completed an apprenticeship as a merchant. From 1979 to 1980 he did his military service in the Bundeswehr sports promotion section in Warendorf. From 1978 to 1983 he took part in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the German Athletics Championships. After his military service, Schummer worked as a clerk at Stadtwerke Willich until he 1983 when he began to work for the Catholic Workers Movement (KAB). From 1987 to 1989 he was Chief of Staff at the parliamentary office of Minister of Labor Norbert Blüm (CDU). In 1989 he became press spokesman of the Christian Democratic Employees' Association (CDA).
Member of the Bundestag
Schummer has always won direct election to the Bundestag in the Viersen constituency:
- Parliamentary elections on 22 September 2002: 44.1% of the primary vote
- Parliamentary elections on 18 September 2005: 48.1% of the primary vote
- Parliamentary elections on 27 September 2009: 48.9% of the primary vote
- Parliamentary elections on 22 September 2013: 53% of the primary vote [1]
In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) following the 2013 federal elections, Schummer was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on education and research policy, led by Johanna Wanka and Doris Ahnen.
Other activities
- action medeor, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2004)[2]
- RWE Power AG, Member of the Supervisory Boar[3]
- IG Metall, Member
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References
- ↑ "Uwe Schummer (CDU) wins significantly". RP Online. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
- ↑ "action medeor". action medeor. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
- ↑ "Supervisory Board". RWE Power AG. Retrieved 2014-09-10.