Charles Muhamed Huber''

(born 3 December 1956 in

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as Karl-Heinz Huber) is a German politician and actor. He was one of the first two

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members of African ancestry, alongside

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, who were both elected on 23 September 2013. Huber is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, and was elected in the federal state of

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whereas he failed to win the

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constituency. As an actor, Huber played Henry Johnson in the German crime series '' Der Alte''.

Early life and education

Huber was born in 1956, the son of a Senegalese father, who was a diplomat and nephew of the former president of

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

and philosopher

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, and a German mother in

. Huber completed a dental technician's apprenticeship.

Career

In the German TV series '' Der Alte'', Huber reached fame when he played the part of police superintendent Henry Johnson from 1986 to 1997. In 2002, Huber founded the organisation Afrika Direkt e. V., which supports young people, the poor, and artists in

. He published an autobiography in 2005. Since 2009, Huber has been a representative of the international council of the association

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, which is also attended by others like Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, György Dalos, Alberto Dines, Gabriela von Habsburg,

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, Erika Rosenberg and Ben Segenreich.

Member of the German Bundestag, 2013–2017

Huber was elected member of the German

in the 2013 federal elections. During his time in parliament, he served on the Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development, which provides parliamentary oversight of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development. On the committee, he was his parliamentary group's rapporteur on West and Central Africa, raw materials and

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. In addition, Huber was the chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the English- and Portuguese-speaking States of West and Central Africa (

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); a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Francophone States of West and Central Africa; and a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America. In February 2016, Huber accompanied German President

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on a state visit to

and

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, where they met with the countries' respective presidents

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and

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. In June 2016, Huber announced that he would not stand in the 2017 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.

Other activities

* St Barbara Foundation, Member of the Board of TrusteesBoard of Trustees
St Barbara Foundation.

Publications

Charles M. Huber ''Ein Niederbayer im Senegal. Mein Leben zwischen zwei Welten, Scherz'', Frankfurt a. M. 2005,

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Huber, Charles M. 1956 births Living people German male television actors 20th-century German male actors German people of Senegalese descent Politicians from Munich Members of the Bundestag for Hesse Articles containing video clips Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Male actors from Munich