Lars Castellucci

Lars Castellucci (born 24 February 1974) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and member of the German Bundestag since 2013.

Lars Castellucci
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1974-02-24) 24 February 1974
Heidelberg, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political party German:
Social Democratic Party
 EU:
Party of European Socialists

Early life and career

Castellucci studied political sciences, medieval and modern history and public law at the Universities of Heidelberg, Mannheim and at the San Francisco State University (SFSU) of California from 1995 to 2000, graduating with Magister Artium.[1] He obtained doctorate (Dr. phil.) at the Technische Universität Darmstadt in 2008. His dissertation explored possible courses of action for the labor market policy facing social outlawing in Germany.

Castellucci worked as project leader for community and regional development and public participation at IFOK GmbH from 2001 to 2013. He is Professor of sustainable management, with a focus on integration and diversity management, at the University of Applied Management Studies (HdWM) in Mannheim since April 2013.[2]

Political career

Castellucci joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1991. From 1995 to 2001 he was chairman of the Wiesloch local branch of the SPD and was elected member of the municipal council in Wiesloch in 1999. In 2001 he became chairman of the SPD group on Wiesloch municipal council.

Castellucci also filled the position of chairman of the Rhein-Neckar county branch of the SPD from 2001 to 2009. He was elected deputy chairman of the Baden-Württemberg branch of the SPD in 2005.[3]

Member of the Bundestag, 2013-present

On 22 September 2013, Castellucci was elected Member of the German Bundestag. Since then, he has been a member of Committee on Internal Affairs[4] and member of Committee on the Affairs of the European Union, where he serves as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on asylum and migration. He is also deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development and chairman of the German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[5]

Since 2014, Castelucci has also been serving on the Advisory Committee on Sinti and Roma at the Federal Ministry of the Interior.

In 2018, Castellucci campaigned to succeed Leni Breymaier as chair of the SPD in Baden-Württemberg; he eventually lost against his competitor Andreas Stoch.[6]

Other activities

References
  1. http://lars-castellucci.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CV_English.pdf
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2015-02-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Deutscher Bundestag - Castellucci, Lars". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  4. German MP Lars Castellucci on Pegida and Immigration, retrieved 2020-03-01
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2015-01-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Neuer SPD-Landeschef in Baden-Württemberg Castellucci verliert gegen Stoch Der Spiegel, November 24, 2018.
  7. Advisory Board Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz.
  8. Committee on Migration and Integration Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
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