Winfried Nachtwei (born 15 April 1946 in Wulfen) is a German

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and former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the

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. He is an expert on the

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conflict and works as a peace and conflict consultant since leaving the Bundestag. His nickname is "Winni".

Political career

Nachtwei was a member of the

Communist League of West Germany The Communist League of West Germany (''Kommunistischer Bund Westdeutschland''; KBW) was a Maoist organization in West Germany which existed from 1973 until 1985. The KBW contested the general elections in 1976 and 1980 in West Germany and was ra ...

(''Kommunistischer Bund Westdeutschland''; KBW) in the 1970s. Nachtwei first became a member of the German Bundestag in the

1994 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1994. Africa * 1994 Botswana general election * 1994 Guinea-Bissau general election * 1994 Malawian general election * 1994 Mozambican general election * 1994 Namibian general election * 1994 South Af ...

, representing the electoral district of

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state di ...

. Throughout his time in parliament, he was a member of the Defence Committee. In addition to his committee assignments, Nachtwei served as member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the SADC States; the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Baltic States; and the German-Belarusian Parliamentary Friendship Group. Nachtwei did not run for office again in the

2009 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2009. * Electoral calendar 2009 * 2009 United Nations Security Council election Caribbean * 2009 Antiguan general election * 2009 Aruban general election * 2009 Caymanian constitutional referendu ...

Other activities

* CARE Deutschland-Luxemburg, Member of the Board of Trustees * Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Member of the Supervisory Board (until 2009) * ''

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'', Member of the Board *

Heinrich Böll Foundation The Heinrich Böll Foundation (german: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V., HBS) is a German, legally independent political foundation. Affiliated with the German Green Party, it was founded in 1997 when three predecessors merged. The foundation was n ...

, Member of the Europe/Transatlantic Advisory Board * Internationales Bildungs- und Begegnungswerk, Member of the Board of TrusteesBoard of Trustees
/ref> * Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member

Works

* ''

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: Von der antikolonialen Revolte zum nationalen Befreiungskampf; Geschichte der ehemaligen deutschen Kolonie Südwestafrikas'', Mannheim: Sendler, 1976 (

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''Nationale Befreiung''; 7)

References

External links

Official Website
1946 births Living people People from Dorsten Communist League of West Germany politicians Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens {{Germany-Greens-politician-stub