Karl-Georg Wellmann
Karl-Georg Wellmann (born 18 November 1952 in Berlin) is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU party. From 2001 to 2005 he was member of the Abgeordnetenhaus, the state parliament of Berlin. Since 2005 he is a MP of the German Bundestag.[1]
Biography
After high school diploma Wellmann studied business administration and law at the Technical University and the Free University of Berlin. In 1978 he completed the first, and, after being a referendary, in 1980 the second state examination in Berlin. He then worked as a lawyer. From 1981 to 1985 he was personal advisor of the Berlin Senator for Science and Research as well as for the Senator for Health and Social Affairs. Since 1985 he was a lawyer again, since 1997 a notary.[1]
In 2001 he was elected MP of the Abgeordnetenhaus in Berlin, in 2005 MP of the German Bundestag, where he was elected into the Foreign Committee.[1] Wellmann won the seat for Steglitz-Zehlendorf directly and was re-elected there in 2009 and 2013.
Wellmann is chairman of the "German-Ukrainian group of parliamentarians" in the Bundestag, as well as a member of the "German-Russian group of parliamentarians" and the "German-Belarus group of parliamentarians".[1] He also was a OSCE election monitor in the Ukraine. In May 2015, Russia refused Wellmann's entry at Moscow airport until the year of 2019, though he had been officially invited by the Foreign Committee of the Russian Federation Council. This was strongly critisized by the German government.[2]
External links
- Official website of Karl-Georg Wellmann
- Karl-Georg Wellmann at the German Bundestag