BMJV - Frank Schwabe, Parliamentary State Secretary

Parliamentary State Secretary, Frank Schwabe Source: Photothek Media Lab / Dominik Butzmann

Frank Schwabe was born on 12 November 1970 in Waltrop, he lives in Castrop-Rauxel, is married and has three children.
Parliamentary activity
Since 2005	Member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the German Bundestag
2005 - 2022	Member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
2012 - 2013	Member of the Committee on European Union Affairs
2013 - 2025	Member of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid
2022 - 2025	Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Since 2014	Spokesperson for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the SPD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag
Since 2022	Head of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Since 2018	Chair of the SOC Group (Socialists, Democrats and Greens) in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
International responsibilities
2022 - 2025	Federal Government Commissioner for Freedom of Religion or Belief
Since 2014	Full member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where he is head of the German delegation and chair of the SOC parliamentary group
Since 2006	Regular participation in the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Other memberships
1991 Joined the SPD
Member of the Board of Trustees of the German Institute for Human Rights
Member of BUND – Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (German federation for the environment and nature conservation)
Member of IG Bergbau, Chemie und Energie (industrial union for mining, chemistry and energy)
2007 – 2020 Spokesperson for the think tank in the SPD Bundestag group
Member of BUND, IG BCE, AWO workers' welfare association, the German-Austrian miners' association and FC Schalke 04
Chair of the German-Greek-Turkish town twinning association (Castrop-Rauxel)

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