Martin Burkert

Martin Burkert (born 14 October 1964) is a German politician and member of the SPD.

For the Austrian sports shooter, see Martin Burkert (sport shooter).
Martin Burkert
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Bavaria
Assumed office
12 May 2013
Serving with Johanna Uekermann
LeaderNatascha Kohnen
Preceded byUlrike Mascher
Member of the Bundestag
for Bavaria
In office
18 September 2005 – 1 February 2020
Succeeded byBela Bach
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born (1964-10-14) 14 October 1964
Würzburg, West Germany
(now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
Nationality Germany
Political partySPD

Political career

Burkert was born in Würzburg. He has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2013 national elections. He has since been serving on the Committee on Transport and, from 2013 on, the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure; he chaired the committee from 2013 to 2017.[1] In his first term from 2005 until 2009, he was also a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

In addition to his committee assignments, Burkert served as deputy chairman of the German-Mexican Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2014 until 2019. He was also a member of the German-Brazilian Parliamentary Friendship Group and of the German-Swiss Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Within the SPD parliamentary group, Burkert belonged to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[2] He was a member of the working group on municipal policy. From 2010 until 2019, he led the Bundestag group of SPD parliamentarians from Bavaria, one of the largest delegations within the parliamentary group.

Since 2013, Burkert has been serving as deputy chairman of the SPD in Bavaria, under the leadership of successive chairpersons Florian Pronold (2013-2017) and Natascha Kohnen (since 2017).

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Burkert was part of the working group on transport and infrastructure, led by Michael Kretschmer, Alexander Dobrindt and Sören Bartol.

By the end of 2019, Burkert resigned from parliament to join the board of railway and transport union EVG.[3][4] He was replaced by Bela Bach, the next SPD candidate on the party-list.

Other activities

Regulatory agencies

Corporate boards
  • Adler Versicherungs AG, Member of the Supervisory Board
  • DB Cargo Deutschland, Member of the Supervisory Board
  • DEVK, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
  • S-Bahn Berlin, Member of the Supervisory Board
  • TeamBank AG, Member of the Advisory Board[5]
  • Schultheiss Wohnbau AG, Member of the Supervisory Board (2009-2014)
  • Sparda-Bank Nürnberg eG, Member of the Supervisory Board (2005-2010)

Non-profit organizations

References
  1. Stefan Wagstyl (May 21 2015), German railway and drivers agree deal to end strike Financial Times.
  2. Members Parlamentarische Linke.
  3. SPD-Abgeordneter Martin Burkert verlässt den Bundestag Bayerischer Rundfunk, November 13, 2019.
  4. Simon Kaminski (November 20, 2019), Rückschlag für Bayern-SPD: Bekannte Genossen ziehen sich zurück Münchner Merkur.
  5. https://www.easycredit.de/dokumente/geschaeftsbericht_easycredit_2015.pdf Archived 2017-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Geschäftsbericht der Teambank AG 2015, Seite 79, abgerufen am 5. August 2016
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