Matthias Bartke

Matthias Bartke (born 16 January 1959) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was elected a member of the German parliament (Bundestag) in the federal election of 2013. Since January 2016 he has been the legal advisor and thus a member of the executive board of the SPD Parliamentary Group.

Matthias Bartke
Chair of the Labour and Social Affairs Committee
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Preceded byKerstin Griese
Member of the Bundestag
for Hamburg Altona
Assumed office
22 September 2013
Preceded byOlaf Scholz
Personal details
Born (1959-01-16) 16 January 1959
Bremen, West Germany
(now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
Nationality Germany
Political partySPD
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg

Early life and education

Bartke grew up in Fischerhude near Bremen. After his Abitur in 1978, he finished his military service in Rotenburg an der Wümme. He studied law in University of Hamburg (1981-1987). After that he worked as a lawyer in Altona, Hamburg. From 1987 till 1991 he was a research consultant at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) at the University of Hamburg. He holds a doctoral degree in law. He complete his PhD (Thesis: "Defence mission of the Bundeswehr: a constitutional law analysis" („Verteidigungsauftrag der Bundeswehr: eine verfassungsrechtliche Analyse“) in 1991.

Early career

In 1991 Bartke entered the civil service in Hamburg. He had various executive positions at the Social Security Office of Hamburg at the department for Labour and Social affairs, Family and Integration. After the Hamburg state election of 2011, he was the office manager of Senator for Social Affairs, Detlef Scheele. From January 1, 2013 until his election as a Member of the German Bundestag Bartke was the manager of the legal department of the Social Security Office of Hamburg.

Until 2014 he was the board chairman of the Foundation Lawaetz.

Political career

Bartke has been a member of the SPD since 1978. He was an active member of the Jusos and a member of the district committee of Jusos in Altona. Bartke was a member of the district assembly of Altona, Hamburg from 1986 till 1989. He was then elected as the chairman of the SPD Altona North-District. In 1996 he was elected as a member of the SPD Altona-District Executive, where he served temporarily as Chairman in 2008. Bartke was a member of the SPD-state board between 2008 and 2010. He was the founder chairman of the consortium "Selbst aktiv" for people with disabilities in SPD Hamburg.[1]

Member of the German Bundestag, 2013–present

Bartke has been a Member of the German Bundestag since the 2013 federal elections, after winning in the electoral district of Altona, Hamburg with 34.9% of the first votes.

Bartke has since been serving on the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs,[2] with a main focus on labour and disability policy; he was elected chairman of the committee in March 2018. In addition, Bartke has been a member of the parliament’s Council of Elders and of the Committee for the Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure since January 2016.[3] From 2013 until 2017, he was also a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection, where he served as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on human trafficking, conservatorship and cooperatives,[4] and a substitute member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.[5]

In addition to his committee assignments, Bartke also serves as vice-chairman of the German-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group. Within the SPD parliamentary group, he belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[6]

Other activities

Personal life

Bartke is married and has one son.[1]

References
  1. "Vita - Matthias Bartke, MdB".
  2. "Mitglieder des Ausschusses für Arbeit und Soziales".
  3. "Mitglieder des Ausschusses für Wahlprüfung, Immunität und Geschäftsord..."
  4. "Mitglieder des Ausschusses für Recht und Verbraucherschutz". Archived from the original on 9 December 2014.
  5. "Mitglieder des Auswärtigen Ausschusses".
  6. Members Parlamentarische Linke.
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