Ingbert Liebing (born 11 May 1963) is a German lobbyist and former

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of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as a member of the

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from 2005 until 2017, where he represented Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord. From 2014 until 2017, he was the

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of the CDU state party group of

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Political career

Member of the German Bundestag, 2005-2017

Liebing first became a member of the German

in the 2005 national elections. Between 2005 and 2013, he served on the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety as well as on the Committee on Tourism. On the environment committee, he was his parliamentary group's

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. In addition, he was the deputy chairman of the German delegation to the

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(BSPC) from 2005 to 2009. From 2009, Liebing was a member of the Sub-Committee on Municipal Policy, serving as the committee’s deputy chairman between 2009 and 2013. He also served on the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy. In 2013, he was elected as chairman of the Regional Government Association of the

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(KPV). In the negotiations to form a ''

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'' of

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's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian

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) and the

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(SPD) following the 2013 federal elections, Liebing was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on energy policy, led by

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and

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. On 11 June 2016, Liebing was elected leading candidate for the Schleswig-Holstein state elections in May 2017. He received 91.86 percent of the delegates' votes. Later that year, he resigned from that role after consistently bad polling results.

Career in state politics

Following the state elections, Liebing resigned from the Bundestag and took up the office of State Secretary in the government of Minister-President Daniel Günther. In this capacity, he represented the state government at the Bundesrat. He was also a substitute member of the German-French Friendship Group set up by the Bundesrat and the

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as well as of the German-Russian Friendship Group set up in cooperation with the Russian Federation Council.

Life after politics

In 2020, Liebing was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the German Association of Local Utilities (VKU), succeeding

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Other activities

* Energy and Climate Policy and Innovation Council (EPICO), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2021)Advisory Board
Energy and Climate Policy and Innovation Council (EPICO). * Fachhochschule Westküste, Member of the University Council *

European Centre for Minority Issues The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) is an academic research institute based in Flensburg, Germany, that conducts research into minority issues, ethnopolitics, and Minority group, minority-majority relations in Europe. ECMI is a non-parti ...

(ECMI), Member of the Board (2009-2013) * Schleswig-Holstein Tourism Association (TVSH), Deputy Chairman (2004-2005)

External links

Website of Ingbert Liebing

Page at CDU/CSU

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liebing, Ingbert Living people 1963 births German Lutherans Members of the Bundestag for Schleswig-Holstein Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany