Alexander Ulrich (born 11 February 1971) is a German politician. Born in

Kusel Kusel (; written ''Cusel'' until 1865) is a town in the Kusel (district), Kusel Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the Kusel-Altenglan ''Verbandsgemeinde'' and is also the district seat. The well-kno ...

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, he was elected for The Left. In 2023 he switched to

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. Alexander Ulrich has served as a member of the

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from the state of

since 2005.

Life

After attending secondary school, Ulrich began training as a toolmaker in 1987, which he completed in 1990. Afterwards he worked in his learned profession at Opel AG, where he was released from work as a member of the works council from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, he moved to IG Metall Kaiserslautern as the 2nd authorized representative and managing director. He became member of the bundestag after the

2005 German federal election The 2005 German federal election was held in Germany on 18 September 2005 to elect the members of the 16th Bundestag. The snap election was called after the government's defeat in the North Rhine-Westphalia state election, which caused them to i ...

. He is a member of the Committee on Economic and Energy Affairs and the Committee on European Union Affairs.

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1971 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag for Die Linke Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht politicians {{Germany-Left-politician-stub