Michael Thews

Michael Eckardt Thews (born 6 September 1964) is a German engineer and politician of the SPD who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.

Michael Thews
Michael Thews in 2019
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born
Michael Eckardt Thews

(1964-09-06) 6 September 1964
Bremerhaven, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD
Alma materPaderborn University

Early life and education

Born in Bremerhaven, Bremen, Thews studied at the Paderborn University.

Political career

Thews first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Hamm – Unna II district.[1]

In parliament, Thews was a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (2013–2021)[2] and the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development (2018–2021). From 2018 to 2021 he was his parliamentary group’s spokesperson on sustainable development. Since 2021, he has been a member of the Budget Committee.[3]

In addition to his committee assignments, Thews is part of the German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Other activities

References
  1. "Michael Thews, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. "German Bundestag – Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. Michael Thews Bundestag.


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