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{{short description|German politician}}
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'''Michael Brand''' (born 19 November 1973 in [[Fulda]], [[Hesse]]) is a [[Germany|German]] [[politician]] and member of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]].
'''Michael Brand''' (born 19 November 1973) is a German politician of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU).


==Political career==
==Political career==
A former [[Election monitoring|election observer]] at the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE), Brand has been a directly elected member of the [[Bundestag]] since [[German federal election, 2005|2005]], representing [[Fulda (electoral district)|Fulda]].
He is a former [[Election monitoring|election observer]] at the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE), Brand has been a directly elected member of the [[Bundestag]] since [[2005 German federal election|2005]], representing [[Fulda (electoral district)|Fulda]].


Between 2005 and 2013, Brand was a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, where he served as the [[CDU/CSU]] parliamentary group’s rapporteur on [[recycling]] and waste regulations. From 2009, he also served on the Defence Committee and on the Sub-Committee for Civilian Crisis Prevention.
Between 2005 and 2013, Brand was a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, where he served as the [[CDU/CSU]] parliamentary group's [[rapporteur]] on [[recycling]] and waste regulations. From 2009 until 2017, he also served on the Defence Committee and on the Sub-Committee for Civilian Crisis Prevention.


Since the [[German federal election, 2009|2009 federal elections]], Brand has been serving on the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid; he has been the committee’s chairman since 2014. In addition, he serves as deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and as member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South-Eastern Europe ([[Albania]], [[Kosovo]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Montenegro]] and [[Serbia]]).
Since the [[2009 German federal election|2009 federal elections]], Brand has been serving on the [[Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid]], which he chaired from 2014 until 2017. He is also a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs. In addition, he serves as deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South-Eastern Europe ([[Albania]], [[Kosovo]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Montenegro]] and [[Serbia]]).


In the negotiations to form a [[coalition government]] under the leadership of [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]] following the [[2017 German federal election|2017 federal elections]], Brand was part of the working group on foreign policy, led by [[Ursula von der Leyen]], [[Gerd Müller (politician)|Gerd Müller]] and [[Sigmar Gabriel]].
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==Political positions==
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In April 2015, Brand vigorously criticized German [[Foreign Office (Germany)|Foreign Minister]] [[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]] for refusing to use the word “[[genocide]]” to describe the [[Armenian Genocide|mass killing of Armenians]] by the Ottoman Empire, arguing that “the German foreign minister is expected on a national and international level to recognize and name a genocide; [...] especially because of the [[Holocaust]] a genocide must not be by-passed or withheld due to cowardice.”<ref>Hans von der Burchard (April 27, 2015), [http://www.politico.eu/article/steinmeier-under-fire-on-armenia/ Steinmeier under fire on Armenia] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref>


Since 2020, Brand has been serving as co-chair of the [[Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China]] (IPAC).<ref>[https://www.ipac.global/ Co-Chairs] [[Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China]] (IPAC).</ref> In 2023, he co-founded the Cross-Party Parliamentary Group on the Situation of the [[Uyghurs]].
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In 2015, a majority of the Bundestag voted in favor of banning assisted suicides performed by associations, on the basis of a proposal put forward by Brand and fellow parliamentarian Kerstin Griese of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The proposed bill submitted by Brand and Griese had had called for "striking a balance" between punishing those who provide suicide assistance and a complete deregulation of the process. The parliamentarians voted in favor of one of the proposals irrespective of their parties' policy on the matter.<ref>[http://www.dw.com/en/bundestag-votes-against-commercial-assisted-suicides/a-18831510 Bundestag votes against 'commercial' assisted suicides] ''[[Deutsche Welle]]'', November 6, 2015.</ref>


==Other activities==
==Other activities==
===Government agencies===
* [[Aktion Deutschland Hilft]] (Germany's Relief Coalition), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2012)
* [[Evangelical Church in Germany]] (EKD), Member of the Advisory Commission for Public Responsibility (since 2015)
* [[Federal Agency for Civic Education]] (BpB), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2009)
* [[Federal Agency for Civic Education]] (BpB), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2009)

* [[Observation Post Alpha|Point Alpha Foundation]], Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2013)
===Non-profit organizations===
* [[Rhön Biosphere Reserve]], Member of the Advisory Board
* [[Evangelical Church in Germany]] (EKD), Member of the Committee on Social Responsibility (since 2015)<ref>[https://www.ekd.de/Kammer-fuer-Offentliche-Verantwortung-14794.htm Committee on Social Responsibility] [[Evangelical Church in Germany]] (EKD).</ref>
* [[Society for Threatened Peoples]] (GfbV), Member

* Friends of the [[Fulda University of Applied Sciences]], Member
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==Political positions==
[[File:2019-04-11 Michael Brand CDU MdB by Olaf Kosinsky-8410.jpg|thumb|Brand in 2019]]
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In April 2015, Brand vigorously criticized German [[Foreign Office (Germany)|Foreign Minister]] [[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]] for refusing to use the word "[[genocide]]" to describe the [[Armenian genocide|mass killing of Armenians]] by the Ottoman Empire, arguing that "the German foreign minister is expected on a national and international level to recognize and name a genocide; [...] especially because of the [[Holocaust]] a genocide must not be by-passed or withheld due to cowardice."<ref>Hans von der Burchard (27 April 2015), [http://www.politico.eu/article/steinmeier-under-fire-on-armenia/ Steinmeier under fire on Armenia] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref>

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In 2015, a majority of the Bundestag voted in favor of banning assisted suicides performed by associations, on the basis of a proposal put forward by Brand and fellow parliamentarian Kerstin Griese of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The proposed bill submitted by Brand and Griese had called for "striking a balance" between punishing those who provide suicide assistance and complete deregulation of the process. The parliamentarians voted in favor of one of the proposals irrespective of their parties' policy on the matter.<ref>[http://www.dw.com/en/bundestag-votes-against-commercial-assisted-suicides/a-18831510 Bundestag votes against 'commercial' assisted suicides] ''[[Deutsche Welle]]'', 6 November 2015.</ref> In 2020, the ban was overturned by the [[Federal Constitutional Court]].

In June 2017, Brand voted against Germany's introduction of [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Germany|same-sex marriage]].<ref>[http://hessenschau.de/politik/so-stimmten-hessens-abgeordnete-bei-der-ehe-fuer-alle,ehe-fuer-alle-beschlossen-100.html Entscheidung im Bundestag: So stimmten Hessens Abgeordnete bei der Ehe für alle] ''Hessenschau'', 30 June 2017.</ref>

In September 2020, Brand was one of 15 members of his parliamentary group who joined [[Norbert Röttgen]] in writing an [[open letter]] to [[Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community|Minister of the Interior]] [[Horst Seehofer]] which called on Germany and other EU counties to take in 5000 immigrants who were left without shelter after fires gutted the overcrowded [[Mória Reception and Identification Centre]] on the Greek island of [[Lesbos]].<ref>[https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/nach-moria-brand-roettgen-fordert-aufnahme-von-5000-migranten-16946293.html Offener Brief an Seehofer: Röttgen fordert Aufnahme von 5000 Migranten aus Moria] ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]'', 10 September 2020.</ref>


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Latest revision as of 08:40, 2 October 2024

Michael Brand
MdB
Member of the Bundestag
for Fulda
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 October 2005
Preceded byMartin Hohmann
Personal details
Born (1973-11-19) 19 November 1973 (age 50)
Fulda, Hesse, West Germany
Political party German:
CDU
 EU:
European People's Party
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Bonn

Michael Brand (born 19 November 1973) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Political career

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He is a former election observer at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Brand has been a directly elected member of the Bundestag since 2005, representing Fulda.

Between 2005 and 2013, Brand was a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, where he served as the CDU/CSU parliamentary group's rapporteur on recycling and waste regulations. From 2009 until 2017, he also served on the Defence Committee and on the Sub-Committee for Civilian Crisis Prevention.

Since the 2009 federal elections, Brand has been serving on the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, which he chaired from 2014 until 2017. He is also a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs. In addition, he serves as deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South-Eastern Europe (Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia).

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Brand was part of the working group on foreign policy, led by Ursula von der Leyen, Gerd Müller and Sigmar Gabriel.

Since 2020, Brand has been serving as co-chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC).[1] In 2023, he co-founded the Cross-Party Parliamentary Group on the Situation of the Uyghurs.

Other activities

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Government agencies

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Non-profit organizations

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Political positions

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Brand in 2019

In April 2015, Brand vigorously criticized German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier for refusing to use the word "genocide" to describe the mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire, arguing that "the German foreign minister is expected on a national and international level to recognize and name a genocide; [...] especially because of the Holocaust a genocide must not be by-passed or withheld due to cowardice."[3]

In 2015, a majority of the Bundestag voted in favor of banning assisted suicides performed by associations, on the basis of a proposal put forward by Brand and fellow parliamentarian Kerstin Griese of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The proposed bill submitted by Brand and Griese had called for "striking a balance" between punishing those who provide suicide assistance and complete deregulation of the process. The parliamentarians voted in favor of one of the proposals irrespective of their parties' policy on the matter.[4] In 2020, the ban was overturned by the Federal Constitutional Court.

In June 2017, Brand voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[5]

In September 2020, Brand was one of 15 members of his parliamentary group who joined Norbert Röttgen in writing an open letter to Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer which called on Germany and other EU counties to take in 5000 immigrants who were left without shelter after fires gutted the overcrowded Mória Reception and Identification Centre on the Greek island of Lesbos.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Co-Chairs Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC).
  2. ^ Committee on Social Responsibility Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
  3. ^ Hans von der Burchard (27 April 2015), Steinmeier under fire on Armenia Politico Europe.
  4. ^ Bundestag votes against 'commercial' assisted suicides Deutsche Welle, 6 November 2015.
  5. ^ Entscheidung im Bundestag: So stimmten Hessens Abgeordnete bei der Ehe für alle Hessenschau, 30 June 2017.
  6. ^ Offener Brief an Seehofer: Röttgen fordert Aufnahme von 5000 Migranten aus Moria Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 10 September 2020.
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