Ralf Kapschack (born 24 December 1954) is a German politician of the

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(SPD) served as 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 Commons ...

from the state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

from 2013 to October 2021.

Political career

Kapschack became a member of the Bundestag in the

2013 German federal election Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian ...

. He is a member of the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and the Committee on Petitions. In October 2020, Kapschack announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.Jürgen Augstein-Peschel (October 14, 2020)
SPD in Witten: Kapschack tritt nicht mehr für Bundestag an
'' Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung''.

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Bundestag biography
1954 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany People from Witten {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub