Janosch Dahmen (born 6 September 1981) is a German physician and politician of

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who has been serving as a member of the

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since 2020, representing the

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district.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Dahmen first studied

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University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

for a year before moving to medicine. From 2018 until 2020, Dahmen worked as medical director of the

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Political career

Dahmen joined Alliance 90/The Greens in 1998. From 2010 until 2018, he was part of the party's leadership in North Rhine-Westphalia, under co-chairs

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and Mona Neubaur. Dahmen became a member of the Bundestag in 2020 when he replaced Katja Dörner who had resigned. In parliament, he has since been serving on the Committee on Health. Since 2021 he has been his parliamentary group's spokesperson on health policy. He is also the group's rapporteur on

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. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the

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(SPD), the Green Party and the

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(FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Dahmen was part of his party's delegation in the working group on health, co-chaired by Katja Pähle,

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and

Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus (born 22 September 1959) is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Schleswig-Holstein since 2017. Early life and career ...

Other activities

* Witten/Herdecke University, Member of the Supervisory Board * German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive and Emergency Medicine (DIVI), Member

Political positions

Amid the

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, Dahmen joined forces with six other parliamentarians – Dirk Wiese,

Heike Baehrens Heike Baehrens (born 21 September 1955) is a German deaconess, religious educator and politician (SPD). Since the federal election in 2013, she is a member of the German Bundestag.

, Dagmar Schmidt,

Till Steffen Till Steffen (born 22 July 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections, representing the Hamburg-Eimsbüttel district. From 2015 until 202 ...

Katrin Helling-Plahr Katrin Helling-Plahr (; born 2 April 1986) is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2017 election. Early life and career Helling-Plahr was born in Hagen. From 2005 to ...

and Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann – on a cross-party initiative in 2022 to support legislation that would have required all adults to be vaccinated.

Personal life

Dahmen is married and has three children. The family lives in Berlin's

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References

External links

Bundestag biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dahmen, Janosch 1981 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens