Udo Bullmann (born 8 June 1956) is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the

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since 1999. He is a member of the

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(SPD), part of the

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Personal life

Udo Bullmann was born on 8 June 1956 in

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, Germany.

Academic career

Bullmann studied

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...

public law Public law is the part of law that governs relations between legal persons and a government, between different institutions within a state, between different branches of governments, as well as relationships between persons that are of direct ...

, as well as

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

. In 1982 he received a M.A. in political science and 1988 the doctorate in social science. From 1989 to 1996 he was a research assistant at the

University of Giessen University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (german: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von L ...

. He held a scholarship of the German Research Council from 1994 to 1997, and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Government at

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, Scotland, from 1994 to 1998. The year before being elected to the European Parliament in 1999, he was a university lecturer and

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Professor for Studies in

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at the

Political career

Since his entry into the

(SPD) in 1979, Bullmann was mostly engaged with the Young Socialists branch. He was the chairman of the Hesse regional association of the Young Socialists.

Member of the European Parliament, 1999–present

In 1999 Bullmann was elected to the European Parliament. From 2003 until early 2017, he served as deputy chairman of the SPD group in the European Parliament. Bullmann's political work in that position focused on economics and employment, the

Lisbon Strategy The Lisbon Strategy, also known as the Lisbon Agenda or Lisbon Process, was an action and development plan devised in 2000, for the economy of the European Union between 2000 and 2010. A pivotal role in its formulation was played by the Portuguese ...

, the European financial service sector, as well as development politics and regional policy. From 1999, he was a member of the European Parliament's

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) is a committee of the European Parliament which is responsible for the regulation of financial services, the free movement of capital and payments, taxation and competition policies, oversight ...

. Between 1999 and 2014, he was also a member of Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific states and an alternate member of the

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) is a committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of employment and social policy, including labour rights, social security, inclusion, free movement for workers and pensio ...

. In addition to his committee assignments, Bullmann serves as member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions and the European Parliament Intergroup on

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. In early 2014, the SPD chose Bullmann to be the party list’s number 3 for the

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, following

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and Birgit Sippel. He also led the German delegation within the S&D Group until 2018. In March 2018, the S&D Group chose Bullmann as their new leader; he received 86 votes, while his competitor

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got 61 votes. Following the poor performance of his own party in the 2019 elections, Bullmann decided not to run again for the leadership; instead, the position went to

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. Bullmann subsequently became a member of the

Committee on Development The Committee on Development (Commission du développement, DEVE) is a committee of the European Parliament responsible for promoting, implementing and monitoring the development and cooperation policy of the European Union, notably talks with deve ...

. In 2020, he also joined the

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'' of

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's Christian Democrats ( CDU together with the Bavarian

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) and the SPD following the 2013 German elections, Bullmann was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on banking regulation and the Eurozone, led by

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and

. He also participated in similar negotiations following the

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. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the SPD, the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Bullmann led his party's delegation in the working group on European affairs; his co-chairs from the other parties are

Franziska Brantner Franziska Katharina Brantner (born 24 August 1979) is a German politician of the Green Party who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2013. In addition to her parliamentary mandate, Brantner has been a Parliamentary State ...

and

Nicola Beer Nicola Beer (born 23 January 1970) is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019, and as one of its Vice-Presidents. Early life and career Beer finish ...

Other activities

* Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums
Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of 1 July 2020. * Europäische Akademie der Arbeit, Member of the Board * German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member

References

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* * * , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Bullmann, Udo 1956 births Living people MEPs for Germany 1999–2004 MEPs for Germany 2004–2009 MEPs for Germany 2009–2014 MEPs for Germany 2014–2019 MEPs for Germany 2019–2024 Social Democratic Party of Germany MEPs University of Giessen alumni