Ingo Schmitt is a German politician who was
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
for
Berlin
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from 1999 to 2005. On 18 September 2005 he was elected to the
Bundestag
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and consequently resigned from the
European Parliament
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. He is a member of the
conservative
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Christian Democratic Union.
External links
Website from Ingo SchmittBiography by CDU/CSU
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Members of the Bundestag for Berlin
MEPs for Germany 1999–2004
Christian Democratic Union of Germany MEPs
MEPs for Germany 2004–2009
Pupils of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009
Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
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