Garrelt Duin (born 2 April 1968) is a German politician of the

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(SPD).

Education

Duin was born in Leer,

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

. From 1987 to 1995 he studied

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and

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at Bielefeld and Göttingen. In 1995 he completed his First State law examination, Higher Regional Court, Hamm; in 1998 he finished his Second State law examination, Higher Regional Court, Celle

Career

Early career

* since 1985: Member of the

Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

* since 1993: Member of the executive of the SPD district of Weser-Ems * 1996–2006: Member of Hinte

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(2001–2006: Council chairman) * since 2001: Member of the SPD executive * since 2002: Chairman of the SPD district of Weser-Ems

Member of the European Parliament, 2002–2005

In the European Parliament, Duin served on the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2000–2004) and on the

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(2004–2005). In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the parliament's delegation for relations with

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

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and

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from 2000 until 2004.

Member of the German Bundestag, 2005–2012

Duin was elected as Member of the

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in the 2005 federal elections; he got 58 percent of the vote in the Aurich-Emden region in northern Germany. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology. Within his parliamentary group, he held the position of commissioner for industry policy (2006-2009) and chairman of the working group on economic affairs and technology (2009-2012). In addition to his committee assignments, Duin served as deputy chairman of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2010 until 2012. He was also a member of the German-Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-Dutch Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Swiss Parliamentary Friendship Group. Also in 2005, Duin was elected chairman of the SPD in

, succeeding

Wolfgang Jüttner Wolfgang Jüttner (born 21 March 1948 in Lüdersfeld) is a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was his party's candidate for position of chief of state of Lower Saxony in 2008. After his election defeat, he ...

. He resigned from this position in 2010 and was replaced by

Olaf Lies Olaf Lies (born 8 May 1967) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was first elected to the Landtag of Lower Saxony in 2008. Political career Lies joined the Social Democratic Party in 2002. In the 2008 state electio ...

. Within his party, he belongs to the Seeheim Circle. Together with

Doris Ahnen Doris Maria Ahnen is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Minister for Finance in the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2014. Prior to that she served as the Minister for Education, Re ...

, Bärbel Diekmann, Barbara Ludwig and

Heiko Maas Heiko Josef Maas (; born 19 September 1966) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs (2018–2021) and as the Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protectio ...

, Duin co-chaired the SPD's 2009 national convention in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

State Minister for Economic Affairs, 2012–2017

Duin resigned as Member of the Bundestag on 21 June 2012 and was appointed Minister for Economics, Energy, Industry and Commerce of the state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

in the government of

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Hannelore Kraft Hannelore Kraft (''née'' Külzhammer; born 12 June 1961) is a German politician. She served as the Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until 2017. Kraft was the first woman to serve as head of government of this state and was ...

on the same day. In the negotiations to form a

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following the 2013 federal elections, Duin was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on economic policy, led by

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and

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. During his time in office, Duin was a member of the German-Russian Friendship Group set up by the

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and the Russian Federation Council. From 2014 and 2016, he was one of the members of Germany's temporary National Commission on the Disposal of Radioactive Waste.

Life after politics

In February 2018, Duin joined

ThyssenKrupp ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. It is the result of the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and h ...

, where he has since been working in the

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

-based Industrial Solutions business area.

Other activities

Corporate boards

Stadtwerke Köln Stadtwerke Köln GmbH is the infrastructure and services company of the City of Cologne. The company undertakes water supply and electrical, gas, heat and steam energy supply through the subsidiary RheinEnergie. Other subsidiaries provide waste m ...

, Chairman of the supervisory board (since 2018) * NRW.BANK, Ex-Officio Member of the supervisory board (2012-2017)

Non-profit organizations

Friedrich Ebert Foundation The Friedrich Ebert Foundation (''German: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V.; Abbreviation: FES'') is a German political party foundation associated with, but independent from, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Established in 1925 as the ...

(FES), MemberMembers

(FES). * Forum for Future Energies, Member of the Board of Trustees * Christoph Metzelder Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees * Stiftung Lebendige Stadt, Member of the Foundation Board *

Norddeutscher Rundfunk Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; ''Northern German Broadcasting'') is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, M ...

, Member of the Broadcasting Board * German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member * Workers' Welfare Association (AWO), Member *

Eurosolar Eurosolar - European Association for Renewable Energies (Own spelling: EUROSOLAR) is a German association with headquarters in Bonn. The association has sections in 13 countries (Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark, Georgia, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, ...

, Member

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duin, Garrelt 1968 births Living people People from Leer Members of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony Social Democratic Party of Germany MEPs MEPs for Germany 1999–2004 MEPs for Germany 2004–2009 Political office-holders in North Rhine-Westphalia Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany