| Karlheinz Busen | |
|---|---|
 Busen in 2019 | |
| Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
| Constituency | FDP List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-04-05) 5 April 1951 (age 73) Gronau (Westf.), West Germany |
| Political party | Free Democratic Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences |
Karlheinz Busen (born 5 April 1951) is a German civil engineer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.
Early life and career
After completing school in 1965, he began an apprenticeship as a draftsman, which he completed in 1968. From 1968 to 1972, he underwent training as a civil engineering technician and obtained the entrance qualification for a technical college. He then studied Structural Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, Minden Department, from 1973 to 1976, graduating as a Diplom-Civil Engineer. During his military service, he served as a staff soldier and attained the rank of private. From 1976, he operated his own company with eight employees.
Political career
From 2012 until 2017, Busen served as a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Busen became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election. In parliament, he serves as his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for hunting and forestry.
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 German elections, Busen was part of his party's delegation in the working group on environmental policy, co-chaired by Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Steffi Lemke and Stefan Birkner.
References
- "Karlheinz Busen, FDP". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- "Karlheinz Busen | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- "Abgeordnete, Karlheinz Busen, FDP". Deutscher Bundestag. n.d.
- "Fachpolitische Sprecher". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in German)
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
- People from Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany)
- Bielefeld University alumni
- Free Democratic Party (Germany) politician stubs