Jürgen Koppelin (born 14 September 1945) is a German politician (
FDP) who was a member of the
Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Comm ...
, the German parliament, from 1990 to 2013.
Koppelin was born in
Wesselburen
Wesselburen () is a small town in the district of Dithmarschen in the German Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approximately west of Heide.
Wesselburen is part of the ''Amt'' ("collective municipality ...
. He has been a member of his party since 1962 and is a banker by profession. From 1965 to 1969 he served in the German
Luftwaffe
The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German '' Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the '' Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabt ...
.
Jürgen Koppelin
Abgeordnetenwatch.de He was Parliamentary Manager for the FDP parliamentary group and speaker for fiscal politics from 1998 to 2009. In addition, he was deputy chairman of the FDP parliamentary group from October 2009 to May 2011. Koppelin acted as chairman of his party in Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...
from 1993 to November 2011.
Sources
Members of the Bundestag for Schleswig-Holstein
Living people
1945 births
People from Wesselburen
Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013
Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009
Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005
Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002
Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998
Members of the Bundestag 1990–1994
Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany)
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