Frank Schwabe

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Frank Schwabe
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Frank Schwabe in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2005
Personal details
Born (1970-11-12) 12 November 1970 (age 53)
Waltrop, West Germany
(now Germany)
Nationality German
Political party SPD
Alma mater University of Essen

Frank Schwabe (born 12 November 1970) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2005.[1]

Political career

Schwabe first became a member of the Bundestag after the 2005 German federal election.[2] He has since been serving on the Committee on Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.[3][4] In 2014, he also joined the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. He has since been serving as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on human rights and humanitarian aid.

In addition to his committee assignments, Schwabe has been a member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2014.[5] In the Assembly, he serves on the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy; the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by the Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee); the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities, and Institutional Affairs; the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights; and the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons. In 2018, he was elected chairman of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group. Since 2010, he has also been serving as the Assembly's rapporteur on human rights and the rule of law in the North Caucasus.

Other activities

  • German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR), Member of the Board of Trustees[6]
  • University of Hagen, Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board
  • IG BCE, Member
  • Brot für die Welt, Member of the Committee on Development and Humanitarian Aid (2014-2017)

References

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  5. Frank Schwabe Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
  6. Board of Trustees German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR).

External links

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