1. Helge Reinhold Braun was born on 18 October 1972 and is a German physician and politician of the Christian Democratic Union.
14 Facts About Helge Braun
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Helge Braun was the Parliamentary Secretary of State for Bureaucracy Reduction and Federal-State Relations at the Chancellery between 2013 and 2018.
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From 1989 until 2007 Helge Braun was a member of the Young Union.
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Helge Braun was the district leader of the JU Giessen from 1992 till 1997 and from 1998 until 2001 he was the regional leader of the JU Mittelhessen.
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Helge Braun has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union since 1990.
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Helge Braun first served as a member of the Bundestag from October 2002 to September 2005.
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Helge Braun served on the Committee on Education and Research, the Committee on Environment, Nuclear Safety and Nature Conservation and on the Parliamentary Advisory Board for Sustainable Development.
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In Merkel's second coalition government, Helge Braun was Parliamentary Secretary of State for Education and Research, serving alongside Thomas Rachel under successive ministers Annette Schavan and Johanna Wanka.
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Helge Braun lost his constituency to the Social Democratic Party but was re-elected on the state list.
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On November 12,2021, Helge Braun announced his candidacy for the Christian Democratic Union leadership, joining opponents Norbert Rottgen and Friedrich Merz in the race to succeed Armin Laschet; the position ultimately went to Merz.
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Since late 2021, Helge Braun has been chairing the Budget Committee.
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In November 2024, Helge Braun announced that he would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.
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In January 2025, Helge Braun was one of 12 CDU lawmakers who opted not to back a draft law on tightening immigration policy sponsored by their own leader Friedrich Merz, who had pushed for the law despite warnings from party colleagues that he risked being tarnished with the charge of voting alongside the far-right Alternative for Germany.
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In November 2024, Helge Braun was appointed as president of the University of Lubeck.