Valentin Abel (born 7 February 1991) is a German politician. He has been a

Member of the Bundestag Member of the German Parliament (german: Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages) is the official name given to a deputy in the German Bundestag. ''Member of Parliament'' refers to the elected members of the federal Bundestag Parliament at the Reichs ...

from

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

since the

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Early life and career

Abel was born in

Künzelsau Künzelsau (; East Franconian: ''Kinzelse'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, in south central Germany. It is the capital of the Hohenlohe district. It is located on the river Kocher, 19 km (12 mi) north of Schwäbisch Hall, and 37& ...

and graduated from the

University of Mannheim The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Academy of Sciences'', ...

. From 2016 until 2021, he worked at

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Political career

Abel contested

Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe is an electoral constituency (German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency ...

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and 2021. In 2021 he was elected to the Bundestag on the state list. In parliament, he has since been serving on the Committee on Transport and the Committee on Petitions. He is his parliamentary group’s

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on cycling. In addition to his committee assignments, Abel is part of the German-Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Other activities

* Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council (since 2022)Bundestag setzt Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium ein

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, 24 March 2022.

References

Living people 1991 births 21st-century German politicians Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany) Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 People from Künzelsau {{DEFAULTSORT:Abel, Valentin University of Mannheim alumni