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Jens Behrens
Jens Behrens (born 1978 in Erwitte) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party, who was elected to the 21st Bundestag in the 2025 Bundestag election on 23 February. Previously, he was active in local politics in and around Lippstadt. Life Jens Behrens was born on 12 June 1978 in Erwitte, where he graduated in 1998. After a year in the German Armed Forces (Military Service), he completed an apprenticeship at the Sparkasse of Lippstadt, which was followed by numerous further training courses. Since 2013 he has been the manager of this branch. Political career Behrens joined the SPD in 2013 and was deputy chairman of the local association of the SPD Overhagen (village in Lippstadt) from 2014. From 2014 to 2020, he was also the mayor of the district. In 2016, Behrens became chairman of the city association of the SPD Lippstadt and was elected to the city council two years later, where he was parliamentary group chairman for several years. Since 2022, he has been head of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza's government. * January 13 – Former American Vice President Hubert Humphrey, a Democrat, dies of cancer in Waverly, Minnesota, at the age of 66. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soest (electoral District)
Soest is an electoral constituency (German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 145. It is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the district of Soest. Soest was created for the 1980 federal election. From 2017 to 2025, it has been represented by Hans-Jürgen Thies of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since 2025 it is been represented by Oliver Pöpsel of the CDU. Geography Soest is located in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Soest district. History Soest was created in 1980. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 118 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 147. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 146. From the 2025 election, it has been number 145. Its borders have not changed since its creation. Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Germany MEPs
Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives from the Latin word ''socii'' ("allies"). It is particularly derived from the Italian ''Socii'' states, historical allies of the Roman Republic (although they rebelled against Rome in the Social War of 91–87 BC). Social theorists In the view of Karl Marx,Morrison, Ken. ''Marx, Durkheim, Weber. Formations of modern social thought'' human beings are intrinsically, necessarily and by definition social beings who, beyond being "gregarious creatures", cannot survive and meet their needs other than through social co-operation and association. Their social characteristics are therefore to a large extent an objectively given fact, stamped on them from birth and affirmed by socialization processes; and, according to Marx, in producing and reproduci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Births
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza's government. * January 13 – Former American Vice President Hubert Humphrey, a Democrat, dies of cancer in Waverly, Minnesota, at the age of 66. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State List (Germany)
In Germany, the state list or state electoral proposal, ( ''German'': Landesliste or Landeswahlvorschlag) is the list of candidates of a party for the election to the Bundestag, or the elections to those state parliaments with mixed-member proportional representation and for the European Parliament elections if a party decides on a state rather than a federal list. In contrast to the vote on the candidates of the constituencies, who are elected directly ( Direktmandat), voters can usually only vote on the candidates on the state list as a whole by voting for a party with their second vote. Depending on the distribution of seats in parliament, the corresponding number of list candidates in the order of the list of the respective party are considered elected. The possibility of distributing votes to specific candidates on a state list is called cumulation and panachage and can change the order. This has been introduced in some states, such as , Bremen and , but has only been discu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CDU/CSU
CDU/CSU, unofficially the Union parties ( ) or the Union, is a centre-right Christian democratic and conservative political alliance of two political parties in Germany: the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). The CSU contests elections only in Bavaria, while the CDU operates in the other 15 states of Germany. The CSU also reflects the particular concerns of the largely rural, Catholic south."Christian Democrat Union/Christian Social Union" Country Studies, Germany. Retrieved 18 December 2016. While the two Christian Democratic parties are commonly described as sister parties, they have shared a common parliamentary group, the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, in the German |
Oliver Pöpsel
Oliver Reinhold Pöpsel (born 6 April 1973) is a German politician who was elected as a member of the Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ... in 2025. He has served as deputy district administrator of Soest since 2020. References 1973 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029 {{Germany-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Hellmich
Wolfgang Hellmich (born 5 May 1958) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2012 to 2025. Political career Hellmich became a member of the Bundestag in 2012 when he took the seat vacated by Michael Groschek. He was also a member of the Defence Committee – which he chaired from 2015 until 2021 – and the 1st Committee of Inquiry of the Defence Committee. In addition to his committee assignments, Hellmich co-chaired the German-Slovenian Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2014 until 2019. From 2014, he was also a member of the German delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where he is part of the Defence and Security Committee and the Political Committee. In 2022, he joined the parliamentary body charged with overseeing a 100 billion euro special fund to strengthen Germany’s armed forces. In 2024, Hellmich announced that he was not seeking re-election. Other a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erwitte
Erwitte () is a town in the Soest (district), district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Erwitte is situated approximately 8 km south of Lippstadt and 15 km east of Soest, Germany, Soest. Neighbouring municipalities * Lippstadt * Geseke * Rüthen * Anröchte * Bad Sassendorf Division of the town After the local government reforms of 1975 Erwitte consists of 15 districts: * Erwitte (6510 inhabitants) * Eikeloh (518 inhabitants) * Merklinghausen/Wiggeringhausen (179 inhabitants) * Horn-Millinghausen (894 inhabitants) * Berenbrock (309 inhabitants) * Seringhausen (65 inhabitants) * Stirpe (1079 inhabitants) * Ebbinghausen (201 inhabitants) * Böckum (209 inhabitants) * Völlinghausen (811 inhabitants) * Schallern (291 inhabitants) * Norddorf (159 inhabitants) * Schmerlecke (732 inhabitants) * Weckinghausen (67 inhabitants) * Bad Westernkotten (4097 inhabitants) International relations Erwitte is town twinning, twinned with: * Aken (Elbe), Aken ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soest (district)
Soest () is a Districts of Germany, Kreis (district) in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Warendorf (district), Warendorf, Gütersloh (district), Gütersloh, Paderborn (district), Paderborn, Hochsauerland, Märkischer Kreis, Unna (district), Unna and the independent town of Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamm. History In medieval times Soest, Germany, Soest was the biggest town in Westphalia; however, after it liberated itself from the bishops of Cologne in the Soester Fehde in 1449 it slowly lost importance, only to gain it again when in 1816 the new Prussian government created the district. In 1975 the district was merged with the neighbouring district of Lippstadt and parts of the former district of Arnsberg. Geography Geographically it covers the northern part of the Sauerland hills and the lower land north of it, the 'Hellweg'. The rather flat land and very fertile loess soil have made it an agricultural area from ancient times. The main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe
The ''Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe'' ("Savings Banks Financial Group") is a network of public banks that together form the largest financial services group in Germany and Europe by assets. Its name refers to local government-controlled savings banks that are known in German as , plural . Its activity is overwhelmingly located in Germany. History The , established in Hamburg in 1778, is widely viewed as the first modern savings bank. Other accounts emphasize the significance of the savings bank of Göttingen, founded in 1801, which was the first established with a municipal guarantor whereas earlier foundations had been initiated by merchants, clerics or academics (Hamburg later created its own municipal savings banks in 1827). In 1838, the Kingdom of Prussia adopted the first savings banks legislation (), which unified the legal status of the 234 savings banks then existing under its jurisdiction and put them under the regime of the respective local governments; it served as a model ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
