Karl-Georg Wellmann (born 18 November 1952) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2001 to 2005, he was member of the Abgeordnetenhaus, the state parliament of Berlin. Between 2005 and 2017, he was an MP of the German
Bundestag
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.
Education and early career
Wellmann was born in
Berlin
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. After high school diploma, Wellmann studied business administration and law at the
Technical University
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and the
Free University of Berlin
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. In 1978, he completed the first, and, after being a
referendary Referendary is the English form of a number of administrative positions, of various rank, in chanceries and other official organizations in Europe.
Pre-modern history
The office of ' (plural: ', from the Latin ', "I inform") existed at the Byzan ...
, in 1980 the second state examination in Berlin. He then worked as a lawyer. From 1981 to 1985, he was personal advisor of Senator
Richard von Weizsäcker
Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker (; 15 April 1920 – 31 January 2015) was a German politician ( CDU), who served as President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. Born into the aristocratic Weizsäcker family, who were part of the German nobilit ...
. He later worked for the State Ministry for Health and Social Affairs. Since 1985, he has been a lawyer again, since 1997 a notary.
Political career
In 2001, Wellmann was elected MP of the State Parliament of Berlin.
From 2005 on, Wellmann was a member of the German
Bundestag
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; he won the seat for
Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Steglitz-Zehlendorf () is the sixth borough of Berlin, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Steglitz and Zehlendorf.
Home to Free University of Berlin, the Berlin Botanical Garden, and a variety of mu ...
directly and was re-elected there in 2009 and 2013.
In parliament, Wellmann was member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2009. In addition to his committee assignment, he served as chairman of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group. He was also a member of the German-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-
Belarus
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Parliamentary Friendship Group. A member of the German delegation to the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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The Assembly is made up o ...
(PACE), he also served on the Sub-Committee on relations with the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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(OECD) and the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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(EBRD).
Wellmann also was an
OSCE
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election monitor in the Ukraine. In May 2015, Russia refused his entry at Moscow airport until the year of 2019, though he had been officially invited by the Foreign Committee of the Russian
Federation Council
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. This was strongly criticized by the German government.
Other activities
* German-Ukrainian Forum, Deputy Chairman
*
International Bar Association
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Agency for the Modernisation of Ukraine
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It was founded in March 2015 and is headquartered in Vienna. The former Austrian politici ...
(AMU), Member (2015)
* Transatlantic Leadership Academy (TLA), Member of the Board (2005–2009)
* United Nations Association of Germany (DGVN), Member of the Board (2005–2007)
Bundestag
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