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André Berghegger

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André Berghegger
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1972-07-11) 11 July 1972 (age 52)
Osnabrück, West Germany[1]
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
OccupationPolitician

André Berghegger (born 5 July 1972) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2006 to 2013, he was mayor of the city of Melle.[2]

Education and early career

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From 1978 to 1984, Berghegger attended the elementary school and orientation in Ostercappeln. From 1984 to 1991, he graduated from high school in Bad Essen. After he had completed his military service from 1991 to 1992, he did vocational training in the upper general administrative service in the district of Osnabrück from 1992 to 1995.[3]

From 1995 to 2000, Berghegger studied law at the University of Osnabrück. From 2000 to 2002, he completed his legal clerkship. He then completed his doctorate from 2002 to 2003 at the University of Osnabrück under Professor Jörn Ipsen. Berghegger was from 2004 to 2006 chief financial officer and, from 2006 to 2013, full-time mayor of the city of Melle. Since 22 October 2013, he has been a member of the German Bundestag.[3]

Political career

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Berghegger joined the CDU in 1996. From 1996 to 2001, he was a member of the local council of Ostercappeln for his party. In October 2012, he was elected deputy chairman of the district association of the CDU in the district of Osnabrück.[3]

In the 2013 federal elections, Berghegger was the direct candidate of his party for the Bundestag constituency Osnabrück-Land and won the mandate with 53.1% of the first votes.[4] In parliament, he is a full member of the Budget Committee and the Audit Committee. On the Budget Committee, he has been his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the budgets of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Court of Auditors. On the Audit Committee, he covers the budgets of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection. Since 2018, he has been leading his group on both committees.[5]

In addition to his committee assignments, Berghegger is a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Baltic States.

Following the 2017 elections, Berghegger unsuccessfully challenged Mathias Middelberg as head of the group of CDU parliamentarians from Lower Saxony.[6]

Other activities

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Political positions

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In June 2017, Berghegger voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[9]

Personal life

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Berghegger is married and has two children.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Zulassung von Kreiswahlvorschlägen" (PDF; 74 kB) (in German). Kreiswahlleiter. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Bürgermeisterwahl-Termin in Melle: Politik uneins". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German). 22 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d Dr. André Berghegger, CDU/CSU, Bundestag (in German)
  4. ^ "Wahlkreisergebnis" (in German). Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Berghegger ist Obmann im Haushaltsausschuss". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German). 18 April 2018.
  6. ^ Jean-Charles Fays (29 September 2017), Abgeordnete aus Region Osnabrück: CDU-Machtkampf zwischen Berghegger und Middelberg Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
  7. ^ Christoph Franken (21 February 2020). "André Berghegger folgt Rehberg nach: Meller CDU-Abgeordnete in den KfW-Verwaltungsrat gewählt". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German).
  8. ^ "Mitglieder des Kuratoriums der Stiftung "Fonds zur Finanzierung der kerntechnischen Entsorgung" benannt" (in German). Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. 12 March 2017.
  9. ^ Jean-Charles Fays (29 June 2017). ""Ehe für alle": So haben die Abgeordneten aus der Region abgestimmt". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German).
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