Andrew Ullmann

Andrew Ullmann (born 2 January 1963) is a German physician and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2017.[1]

Andrew Ullmann
Andrew Ullmann in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1963-01-02) 2 January 1963
Los Angeles
NationalityGerman
Political partyFDP
Children2
Alma mater
OccupationUniversity Professor of Infectious Diseases

Early life and career

Born in Los Angeles, Ullmann spent his childhood there until he moved to Germany with his family in 1972. After graduating from high school in 1981 at the Reichenbach-Gymnasium in Ennepetal, Germany, he attended medical school at Ruhr University Bochum and graduated in 1987.

During his time as a resident at the University Hospital at St. Josef Hospital in Bochum, Ullmann took part in clinical training at St Clare's Hospital/Spellman Center in New York City in the field of HIV/AIDS. At Harvard Medical School he participated in an Infectious Diseases combined-fellowship program for two years. In 2008, he became assistant professor (Privatdozent) at the University Medical Center Mainz, Germany, and was appointed full-professor at the University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany, in 2012.

Political career

Ullmann joined the FDP in 2003. He became member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election.[2] In parliament, he has since been a member of the Health Committee and the Sub-Committee on Global Health.[3] In this capacity, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on technology assessment.

In addition to his committee assignments, Ullmann is part of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Other activities

Corporate boards
  • Würzburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrs-GmbH (WVV), Member of the Supervisory Board

Non-profit organizations
  • German Health Partnership (GHP), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2020)[4]
  • German-Israeli Society (DIG), Member
  • UNITE – Parliamentary Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Other Infectious Diseases, Member (since 2018)[5]

References
  1. "Andrew Ullmann | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  2. "Abgeordnete". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  3. "German Bundestag - Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  4. Advisory Board German Health Partnership (GHP).
  5. Members – Western & Central Europe
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