Andreas Mehltretter

Andreas Mehltretter
Andreas Mehltretter in 2021
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
Born (1991-12-10) 10 December 1991 (age 33)
Moosburg an der Isar, Germany
Political partySPD
Alma materLudwig Maximilian University of Munich

Andreas Mehltretter (born 10 December 1991 in Moosburg an der Isar, Bavaria) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2021.

Early life and education

Mehltretter was born 1991 in the Bavarian town of Moosburg an der Isar.[1] Mehltretter graduated from the Dom-Gymnasium Freising in 2011 and went on to study economics at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[2] He completed his master's degree in 2017.

Since then, Mehltretter has been working as a self-employed IT service provider as well as working on his doctorate on the connection between arms trade and intra-state conflicts at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institut.[3]

Political career

Career in local politics

In 2012, Mehltretter joined the SPD and is chairman of the SPD sub-district of Freising. In the 2020 Bavarian local elections, he was elected to the Freising City Council and is the speaker for economy and digitalization of the city of Freising.[4] Before his election to the City Council, he was the spokesman of the Agenda21 group Building, Housing and Transport.

Member of the German Parliament, 2021–present

In 2017 and 2021, Mehltretter ran as a direct candidate of the SPD in the Bundestag constituency of Freising,[5] and gained a seat in the Bundestag in 2021 through the state list.[6][7][8] In parliament, he is a full member of the Committee on Climate Protection and Energy as well as a deputy member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and the Finance Committee.[6]

Within his parliamentary group, Mehltretter belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[9]

Other activities

References

  1. ^ "Über mich". November 2016.
  2. ^ ""Andreas Mehltretter, M.Sc. Scientific Assistant"". gsi.uni-muenchen.de (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. ^ ""Für mehr Wohnraum, gegen Rechts"". sueddeutsche.de (in German). 21 September 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. ^ ""Andreas Mehltretter"". andreas-mehltretter.de (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  5. ^ ""Andreas Mehltretter Abgeordneter Bundestag"". abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b ""Andreas Mehltretter, SPD Volkswirt"". bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Andreas Mehltretter".
  8. ^ ""Bundestagswahlen 2021"". bundeswahlleiter.de (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  9. ^ Members Parliamentary Left.
  10. ^ Governance Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (KENFO).