Johannes Singhanmer (born 9 May 1953), is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU). Between 2013 and 2017, he was one of the

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of the

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Political career

Singhammer has been a member of the Christian Social Union since 1972. He was first elected to the German

in the 1994 federal elections, as representative of the Munich North constituency. He initially served on the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs as well as on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In the negotiations to form a

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following the 2013 federal elections, Singhammer was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on health policy, led by

Jens Spahn Jens Georg Spahn (born 16 May 1980) is a German politician who served as Federal Minister of Health in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. A member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he has been ...

and

Karl Lauterbach Karl Wilhelm Lauterbach (; born 21 February 1963) is a German scientist, physician, and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has served as Federal Minister of Health since 8 December 2021. He is professor of health ec ...

. In July 2016, Singhammer announced that he would not stand in the 2017 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term. By late 2017, Singhammer commissioned a comprehensive report on the right of Poland to demand

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from Germany for

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. German parliamentary legal experts later found any claims related to German crimes had become unfeasible at latest in 1990 when a

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was signed by East and West Germany, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States ahead of

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Other activities

Regulatory bodies

Federal Network Agency The Federal Network Agency (german: Bundesnetzagentur or ) is the German regulatory office for electricity, gas, telecommunications, post and railway markets. It is a federal agency of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Acti ...

, Member of the Advisory Board (2005–2009) * Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts (RegTP), Chairman of the Advisory Board (2002–2005)

Non-profits

Hanns Seidel Foundation The Christian Social Union of Bavaria, CSU-associated Hanns Seidel Foundation (german: Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung) is a German party-associated and taxpayer-money funded political research Foundation (charity), foundation. It was founded in November 19 ...

, MemberBoard and Members, 2019

. *

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry The Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (german: Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie) is a scientific institute based in the city of Munich in Germany specializing in psychiatry. Currently directed by Elisabeth Binder and Alon Chen, it is one of ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees *

Deutsches Museum The Deutsches Museum (''German Museum'', officially (English: ''German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology'')) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 28,000 exhibited objects from ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees * German-Mozambican Society, Member of the Advisory Board *

Haus der Geschichte Haus der Geschichte (officially ''Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland'', i.e. "House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany") is a museum of contemporary history in Bonn, Germany. With around one million visitors ever ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees (1998–2002)

References

1953 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Politicians from Munich Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Social Union in Bavaria {{Germany-CSU-politician-stub