Helge Braun

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Helge Braun
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Head of the Chancellery
Minister for Special Affairs
In office
14 March 2018 – 8 December 2021
Chancellor Angela Merkel
Preceded by Peter Altmaier
Succeeded by Wolfgang Schmidt
Minister of State for Bureaucracy Reduction and Federal-State Relations
In office
17 December 2013 – 14 March 2018
Chancellor Angela Merkel
Preceded by Eckart von Klaeden
Succeeded by Hendrik Hoppenstedt
Parliamentary Secretary of State in the Ministry of Education and Research
In office
28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013
Chancellor Angela Merkel
Minister Annette Schavan
Johanna Wanka
Preceded by Andreas Storm
Succeeded by Stefan Müller
Member of the Bundestag for Giessen
Assumed office
27 September 2009
Preceded by Rüdiger Veit
Succeeded by Felix Döring
Personal details
Born (1972-10-18) 18 October 1972 (age 51)
Giessen, West Germany
Political party Christian Democratic Union
Alma mater University of Giessen
Website helge-braun.de

Helge Reinhold Braun (born 18 October 1972) is a German medical doctor and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Between 2018 and 2021, he served as Head of the Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the fourth coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. He was the Parliamentary Secretary of State for Bureaucracy Reduction and Federal-State Relations at the Chancellery between 2013 and 2018.

Early life and education

After passing the Abitur in 1992 at the Liebigschule in Giessen, Braun studied medicine at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen. From 2001 until 2009, he was a scientific assistant at the Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Analgesic Therapy of the University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg. He speaks German and some English.[1]

Political career

From 1989 until 2007 Braun was a member of the Young Union (JU). He was the district leader of the JU Giessen from 1992 till 1997 and from 1998 until 2001 he was the regional leader of the JU Mittelhessen.

He has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union since 1990.

Member of Parliament

Braun first served as a member of the Bundestag from October 2002 to September 2005. From 2003 until 2005 he was the deputy leader of the Hessian Members of the Bundestag. He also served on the Committee on Education and Research, the Committee on Environment, Nuclear Safety and Nature Conservation and on the Parliamentary Advisory Board for Sustainable Development.

Braun lost his seat in the 2005 federal elections. He was able to re-enter the Bundestag in 2009, winning the constituency of his home town of Gießen[2] with a majority of 59,441 votes or 36.7%. After the election, he was again elected as deputy leader of the Hessian MPs. In the subsequent federal elections of 2013 and 2017 he was able to defend his seat.

In Merkel's second coalition government, Braun was Parliamentary Secretary of State for Education and Research,[3] serving alongside Thomas Rachel under successive ministers Annette Schavan (2009–2013) and Johanna Wanka (2013). During his time in office, he notably stepped up Germany's activities on research into neglected tropical diseases.[4]

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the Social Democrats following the 2013 federal elections, Braun was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on education and research policy, led by Johanna Wanka and Doris Ahnen. Merkel subsequently appointed him as Parliamentary Secretary of State for Bureaucracy Reduction and Federal-State Relations,[5] serving directly under her in the Federal Chancellery. In that capacity, he was one of the officials co-ordinating Germany's response to the European migrant crisis in 2015.[6]

After the 2017 elections and the successful coalition talks between the CDU/CSU and SPD in February 2018, Braun became the designated Head of the Chancellery and Federal Minister of Special Affairs in the fourth Merkel government.[7] On 14 March 2018, he succeeded Peter Altmaier.

For the 2021 elections, Braun was elected to lead the CDU campaign in Hesse.[8] He lost his constituency to the Social Democratic Party but was re-elected on the state list.

On November 12, 2021, Braun announced his candidacy for the Christian Democratic Union leadership,[9][10] joining opponents Norbert Röttgen and Friedrich Merz in the race to succeed Armin Laschet;[11] the position ultimately went to Merz.[12]

Since late 2021, Braun has been chairing the Budget Committee.[13] In this capacity, he also serves as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of Health. In 2022, he also joined the Subcommittee on Global Health.

Other activities

Recognition

  • 2015: Global Sepsis Award

Personal life

Braun is a Roman Catholic and is married.[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ Christoph Hasselbach (13 March 2018), Angela Merkel's new chief of staff: Helge Braun – the all-rounder Deutsche Welle.
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  4. ↑ Lina Hoffman (29 December 2011), Germany intensifies fight against neglected diseases Deutsche Welle.
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  6. ↑ Tobias Buck (25 February 2018), Angela Merkel offers critic Jens Spahn cabinet post Financial Times.
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  8. ↑ Robert Maus (June 12, 2021), Parteitag in Gießen: Helge Braun soll Hessen-CDU zum Sieg führen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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  12. ↑ Glückwünsche und Spott nach Mitgliederentscheid: Braun verpasst CDU-Vorsitz deutlich - und sagt Merz Unterstützung zu Hessenschau, 17 December 2021.
  13. ↑ Neuaufstellung der Union: Spahn ist jetzt Stellvertreter des Fraktionsvorsitzenden Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 13 December 2021.
  14. ↑ Advisory Board University of Giessen, Loewe Center for Novel Drug Targets against Poverty-Related and Neglected Tropical Infectious Diseases (DRUID).
  15. ↑ Organization Friends of the University of Giessen.
  16. ↑ About Us Sepsis-Stiftung.
  17. ↑ Anja Kühne (18 September 2013), Finanzlücke beim Max-Delbrück-Centrum Berlin: „Mangelhafte Organisation" kostete MDC fast 13 Millionen Euro Der Tagesspiegel.
Political offices
Preceded by Chancellery Chief of Staff
2018–2021		 Succeeded by
Wolfgang Schmidt
Minister for Special Affairs
2018–2021

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