Bernd Fabritius
| Bernd Fabritius | |
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| Member of Parliament for Bavaria | |
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Assumed office 22 October 2013 | |
| Landsmannschaft der Siebenbürger Sachsen in Deutschland | |
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Assumed office 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Volker Dürr |
| Federation of Expellees | |
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Assumed office 7 November 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Erika Steinbach |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 May 1965 Agnita, Romania |
| Political party | Christian Social Union |
| Religion | Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession in Romania |
Bernd Fabritius (born 14 May 1965) is a German politician and member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU).
Early life and education
Born a member of the German minority in Agnita, Sibiu County, Romania, Fabritius left the country with his family in 1984.[1] From 1985, he studied at the Bavarian University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Legal Affairs (FHVR). In 1996 he graduated in law from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Member of the German Bundestag, 2013–present
Fabritius was first elected to the German Bundestag in the 2013 federal elections. He has since been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, its Sub-Committee on Foreign Cultural and Educational Policies, and on the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. On the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on discrimination.
Between 2014 and 2015, Fabritius was also a member of the Committee on Affairs of the European Union, where he served as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on relations with Ukraine and Romania. In 2015, he succeeded Peter Gauweiler as Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Foreign Cultural and Educational Policies. In addition to his committee assignments, he serves as deputy chairman of the German-Romanian Parliamentary Friendship Group and as member of the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group and of the German-US Parliamentary Friendship Group.
From from 2014 to mid-2015, Fabritius briefly served as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where he sat on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and on the Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities. Between 2015 and 2016, he served as the Assemby’s rapporteur on the rule of law in South-East European countries.[2]
In November 2015, Fabritius was elected chairman of the Federation of Expellees (BdV), succeding Erika Steinbach. Under his leadership, the organization has been taking a less confrontational tone and moving to position itself as a champion of human rights and a bridge to Germany’s eastern neighbors.[3]
Other activities
- Autohaus Michael Schmidt GmbH, Member of the Advisory Board
- Bavaria-Romania for Social Assistance in Romania, Co-Founder
- Carl Wolff Gesellschaft, Member of the Board of Trustees[4]
- Foundation Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation, Member of the Board of Trustees
- German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR), Member of the Board of Trustees[5]
- Goethe-Institut, Member of the General Meeting[6]
- Honterus-Verlag, Member of the Supervisory Board
- Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees
- ZDF, Member of the Television Board (representing the Federation of Expellees)
Personal life
Fabritius lives in a civil union with his partner.[7]
References
- ↑ Andrea Thomas (March 2, 2015), Controversial German Expellees Group Takes New Tack Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ Rapporteur praises work of Romania’s anti-corruption directorate Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release of May 27, 2016.
- ↑ Andrea Thomas (March 2, 2015), Controversial German Expellees Group Takes New Tack Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ Board of Trustees Carl Wolff Gesellschaft.
- ↑ Board of Trustees German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR).
- ↑ Boards Goethe-Institut.
- ↑ Maenner.de: Der Spiegel outet möglichen Steinbach Nachfolger (German)