Maik Beermann

Maik Beermann (born 19 October 1981) is a German politician (CDU). He was elected to the 18th German Bundestag at federal election 2013.

Maik Beermann
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1981-10-19) 19 October 1981
Nienburg/Weser, West Germany
(now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
NationalityGermany
Political partyCDU

Early life and career

Beermann was born in Nienburg/Weser. After completing secondary school, He trained as a banker. Since 2009 he has been Market Area Manager at Sparkasse Nienburg.

Political career

Beermann joined the Junge Union in 1997 and the CDU in 2001. From 2007 to 2012 he was district chairman of the Junge Union in the district of Nienburg. Since 2001 he is active as a member of the municipal council and in 2011, he became deputy mayor of the municipality Steimbke.

From 2006 to 2016 he was a member of the municipal council of Steimbke and since 2011 chairman of the school board and member of the finance committee of the municipal council. Since the local election 2016, he is a member of the county council in the district of Nienburg and was elected deputy district councillor (Landrat). He is a member of the district committee in the district council.

Member of Parliament, 2013–present

In the 2013 elections, Beermann ran for the direct mandate in Nienburg II - Schaumburg constituency, but couldn't win despite of gaining 41.6 percent of the first votes against Sebastian Edathy. He was, however, on position 26[1] of the CDU state list Lower Saxony and thus elected to the Bundestag. In August 2016, he was again nominated as a direct candidate for the federal elections 2017[2] and again ranked 26th on the CDU state list in May 2017.[3]

In parliament, Beermann is a full member of the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and the Committee on Digital Agenda. He is a substitute member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture[4] as well as in the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure. He is also a substitute on the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development. Within the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, he is a member of the Young Group.

Political positions

In June 2017, Beermann voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[5][6]

Personal life

Beermann is married and has three daughters. The family residens in the village of Wendenborstel of the municipality of Steimbke in the district Nienburg.

References
  1. "Landesliste für die Wahl zum 18. Deutschen Bundestag (Beschlossen am 3. November 2012)" (PDF) (in German). CDU Niedersachsen. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. Arne Hildebrandt (24 August 2017). "Beermann ist wieder Kandidat" (in German). Die Harke. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. "CDU-Landesliste Bundestagswahl 2017 Beschluss der Landesvertreterversammlung am 6. Mai 2017 in Hannover" (PDF) (in German). CDU Niedersachsen. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. "Mitglieder des Ausschusses für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft.". Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2018. In: bundestag.de, abgerufen am 18. September 2014
  5. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, 30 June 2017.
  6. Carsten Wagner (30 June 2017), "Ehe für alle": Niedersachsen-CDU uneins in Berlin Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
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