Andrew Ullmann (born 2 January 1963) is a German physician and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the

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from the state of

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since 2017.

Early life and career

Born in

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, Ullmann spent his childhood there until he moved to Germany with his family in 1972. After graduating from high school in 1981 at the Reichenbach-Gymnasium in Ennepetal, Germany, he attended medical school at

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and graduated in 1987. During his time as a resident at the University Hospital at St. Josef Hospital in Bochum, Ullmann took part in clinical training at the Spellman Center for HIV-Related Disease at the 250-bed St Clare's Hospital, the only ward in New York State devoted to the comprehensive treatment of

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at the time. At

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he participated in an Infectious Diseases combined-fellowship program for two years. In 2008, he became assistant professor (Privatdozent) at the University Medical Center Mainz, Germany, and was appointed full-professor at the University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany, in 2012.

Political career

Ullmann joined the FDP in 2003. He became member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election. In parliament, he has since been a member of the Health Committee and the Sub-Committee on Global Health. Until 2021, he was his parliamentary group's

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. Since 2022, he has been chairing the Subcommittee on Global Health. In addition to his committee assignments, Ullmann is part of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group. In 2020, Ullmann was also elected as a member of the city council in

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. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the

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(SPD), the

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and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Ullmann was part of his party's delegation in the working group on health, co-chaired by

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, Maria Klein-Schmeink and Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus.

Other activities

Corporate boards

* Würzburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrs-GmbH (WVV), Member of the Supervisory Board

Non-profit organizations

* "End Polio Now", Chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (since 2022) * German-Israeli Health Forum for Artificial Intelligence (GIHF-AI), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022) * German Health Partnership (GHP), Member of the advisory board (since 2020) * German Network against Neglected Tropical Diseases (DNTDs), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (since 2018) * UNITE – Parliamentary Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Other Infectious Diseases, Member (since 2018) * German-Israeli Society (DIG), Member

Political positions

Amid the

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, Ullmann joined forces with five other parliamentarians –

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Paula Piechotta Paula Louise Piechotta (born 19 September 1986) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens and a radiologist. She has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 elections. Early life and education Piechotta was born 1986 in the East G ...

and

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– on a cross-party initiative to support legislation that would require all those who have not had yet been vaccinated to receive mandatory counseling to boost vaccination rates, in a second step depending on the immunity levels of the population to activate mandatory vaccination for those older than 50 years of age later that year. The porposal did not receive the support of the Bundestag Riham Alkousaa (26 January 2022)
German lawmakers debate compulsory COVID shots as infections surge
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References

External links

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Bundestag biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ullmann, Andrew 1963 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany)