Ulrich Born (born 15 May 1950 in
Barntrup
Barntrup () is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 59.46 km² and 8,501 inhabitants (2019).
It lies 40 km east from Bielefeld and 9 km west from Bad Pyrmont at the east border of NRW t ...
,
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
) is a German
lawyer
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and
politician
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, representative of the
German Christian Democratic Union.
Biography
Background
Born began studying law and political science in
Marburg
Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximate ...
and
Munich
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. From 1975 to 1978 he worked as a research assistant at the Faculty of Law and Economics, at the Philipps University of Marburg and further studied additional administrative sciences at the
College of Administrative Sciences Speyer. After a legal degree in 1980, he worked as a Lecturer at the Law and Economics Faculty of the
University of Bayreuth
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.
Later Born became a member of the National Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg. He currently resides in
Pingelshagen
Pingelshagen is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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in North Mecklenburg.
Career
Born became a member of the CDU in 1967.
After the political changes in East Germany, he moved into the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania politics and was elected chairman of the Northwest District Association Mecklenburg. He is also the state chairman of the Protestant Working Group (EAK), for the CDU Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
From 1994 to 2006 he was a member of the
Landtag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Vice Chairman of the CDU. Today he is a member of the Northwest Mecklenburg County Council, and is the President of the County Council.
On 27 October 1990 he was also appointed as Minister of Justice, Federal and European Affairs in the government led by Prime Minister
Alfred Gomolka
Alfred Gomolka (21 July 1942 – 24 March 2020) was a German politician and member of the European Parliament for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He also served as the minister president of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Personal life and death
Gomolka was b ...
of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. On 14 March 1992, however, he was dismissed by the Prime Minister from this office before Gomolka himself resigned.
See also
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List of German Christian Democratic Union politicians
A list of notable members of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union.
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References
External links
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands web site
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1950 births
Living people
People from Lippe
Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians