Wolfgang Hellmich

Wolfgang Hellmich
Wolfgang Hellmich
	Wolfgang Hellmich in 2012
Member of the Bundestag
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2012
Personal details
Born	5 May 1958 (age 66); Welver, West Germany; (now Germany)
Political party	SPD

Wolfgang Hellmich (born 5 May 1958) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2012.

Political career

Hellmich became a member of the Bundestag in 2012 when he took the seat vacated by Michael Groschek.^[1] He is a member of the Defence Committee – which he chaired from 2015 until 2021 – and the 1st Committee of Inquiry of the Defence Committee.^[2]

In addition to his committee assignments, Hellmich co-chaired the German-Slovenian Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2014 until 2019. Since 2014, he has also been a member of the German delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where he is part of the Defence and Security Committee and the Political Committee.^[3] In 2022, he joined the parliamentary body charged with overseeing a 100 billion euro special fund to strengthen Germany’s armed forces.

Other activities

Berlin Security Conference, Member of the Advisory Board^[4]
Deutsche Maritime Akademie, Member of the Advisory Board^[5]
IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (IG BCE), Member
IG Metall, Member

References

^ "Wolfgang Hellmich, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 25 June 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
^ "German Bundestag - Defence". German Bundestag. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
^ Wolfgang Hellmich NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
^ Advisory Board Berlin Security Conference.
^ Advisory Board Deutsche Maritime Akademie.