Martin Patzelt (born 23 July 1947) is a German politician of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the
Bundestag from the state of
Brandenburg from 2013 until 2021.
Political career
Patzelt first became a member of the Bundestag in the
2013 German federal election
Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian ...
. Throughout his time in parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid and the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. He attracted attention for taking two Eritrean refugees into his home in the wake of the
2015 European migrant crisis
The 2015 European migrant crisis, also known internationally as the Syrian refugee crisis, was a period of significantly increased movement of refugees and migrants into Europe in 2015, when 1.3 million people came to the continent to request ...
.
Following the 2017 elections, Patzelt announced that he would not stand in the
2021 elections
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but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.
Political positions
In June 2017, Patzelt voted against Germany's introduction of
same-sex marriage.
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’
leadership election in 2018, Patzelt publicly opposed
Friedrich Merz’s candidacy to succeed
Angela Merkel as the party’s chair. In 2019, he joined 14 members of his parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Merkel and party chairwoman
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by Merz and
Roland Koch.
In September 2020, Patzelt was one of 15 members of his parliamentary group who joined
Norbert Röttgen in writing an
open letter to
Minister of the Interior
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...
Horst Seehofer which called on Germany and other EU counties to take in 5000 immigrants who were left without shelter after fires gutted the overcrowded
Mória Reception and Identification Centre
Mória Reception and Identification Centre ( el, Κέντρο Υποδοχής και Ταυτοποίησης Μόριας), better known as Mória Refugee Camp, or just "Mória", was the largest refugee camp in Europe until it was burned down in ...
on the Greek island of
Lesbos.
[Ellen Hasenkamp and Stefan Kegel (September 11, 2020)]
Brandkatastrophe: Rufe nach Aufnahme von Flüchtlingen werden lauter''Schwäbisches Tagblatt
''.
References
External links
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Bundestag biography
1947 births
Living people
Members of the Bundestag for Brandenburg
Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017
Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
People from Frankfurt (Oder)
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