Björn Böhning (born 2 June 1978) is a German politician of the

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(SPD) who has been serving as State Secretary at the

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under the leadership of minister

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from 2018 to 2022. From 2004 to 2007 Böhning was the

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of the

Young Socialists in the SPD Working Group of Young Socialists in the SPD (german: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Jungsozialistinnen und Jungsozialisten in der SPD, Jusos) is a volunteer youth organization of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). As of 2021, there are over ...

("Jusos"), the SPD's youth organization.

Early life and educations

Böhning was born in

Geldern Geldern ( nl, Gelderen, archaic English: ''Guelder(s)'') is a city in the federal German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of the district of Kleve, which is part of the Düsseldorf administrative region. Geography Location Geldern l ...

and grew up in

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. He studied

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at the Otto Suhr Institute (OSI) of the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

from 1999 until 2004.

Political career

From 15 February 2008 Böhning served as spokesperson of the " Forum Demokratische Linke 21" of the SPD, a group of left-aligned politicians within the party; in 2014, he left the group. He unsuccessfully ran as candidate for the electoral district of

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East (German: ''Bundestagswahlkreis Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg Ost'') is an electoral constituency (German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the Bundestag. It elects one me ...

in the 2009 national elections. From December 2011 Böhning served as Head of the Senate Chancellery of the Federal State of

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, first under Governing Mayor

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(2011–2014) and later under Michael Müller (2014–2018). In the negotiations to form a ''

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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, he was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on digital policy, led by

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and

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. In the fourth

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, Böhning has been serving as State Secretary at the

under the leadership of minister

since 2018.

Other activities

* Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020) *

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(DFFB), Chairman of the Board of Trustees *

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, Member of the Board of Trustees *

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, Member of the Supervisory Board * German Federal Film Board (FFA), Member of the Supervisory Board * Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Member of the Supervisory Board *

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, Member of the Board of Trustees * Checkpoint Charlie Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Trustees * ''spw – Zeitschrift für sozialistische Politik und Wirtschaft'', Member of the Editorial Board * 2017 German Computer Games Award, Member of the Jury

Personal life

Böhning has been married since 2008.Christine Richter (28 June 2008)
Eine Hochzeit, ein Baby
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''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bohning, Bjorn 1978 births Living people People from Geldern Free University of Berlin alumni Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians

Early life and educations

Political career

Other activities

Personal life

See also

References