Angelika Brunkhorst

Angelika Brunkhorst born Huber ( born October 9, 1955 in Hannover ) is a German politician (FDP).

Life and career

After graduating from high school in 1975 in Barsinghausen Angelika Brunkhorst graduated from the University of Oldenburg, a study of the social sciences, which she finished a degree in social scientist. She was since 1981 in professional development works, conducted from 1998 to 2001, a job center and was then to 2003 as a consultant for guidance and seeking a training place at the community college Syke active. Angelika Brunkhorst is captain of the reserve and has been increasing since 2003 regularly participates in military exercises. Angelika Brunkhorst is married and has three children and lives in the Samtgemeinde Harpstedt.

Party

Since 1995 she is a member of the FDP. From 1999 to 2005 she was chairman of the FDP circle Oldenburg- country and belongs since 2002 to the Executive Board FDP in Lower Saxony. Since 2005 she is chairwoman of the FDP District Association Oldenburg. Since 2008 she is deputy chairman of the FDP Association of Lower Saxony.

Member of Parliament

On 21 March 2003 she moved according to the German Bundestag for the retired deputies Christian Eberl. Here she was 2003-2005 spokeswoman for the FDP parliamentary group on renewable energies. Since the beginning of the 16th legislature (2009) in the German Bundestag she was a member and chairwoman of the FDP parliamentary group in the Committee for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and substitute member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment. In addition, Angelika Brunkhorst was spokeswoman for Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and was considered an expert on biodiversity of the FDP parliamentary group. Since May 2006 until 2013, it was also secretary in the German Bundestag. Angelika Brunkhorst has moved over the national list of Lower Saxony in the Bundestag.

Angelika Brunkhorst was chairman of the Lower Saxon FDP group in the German Bundestag. Next Angelika Brunkhorst is the deputy chairwoman of the FDP in Lower Saxony and chairman of the FDP district association Oldenburg.

Angelika Brunkhorst was deputy chairman of the German - South American Parliamentary Group of the German Bundestag. Within the German - South American Parliamentary Group, she was mainly responsible for Argentina.

Due to the failure of their party at the 5 % threshold in the general election 2013, it is no longer represented in the 18th Bundestag.

Memberships

Brunkhorst is a member of the European Union Parliamentarians German Bundestag.

Positions

Angelika Brunkhorst is the spokesperson for Nature Conservation of the FDP parliamentary group. In this function, the Member draws heavily inter alia, for the preservation of biological diversity. It applies in the fraction as an expert on biodiversity. It takes the position that the species preservation is only possible with a solid scientific foundation. In the Bundestag, the Member raises for better promotion of the taxonomy as a basis for a better protection of species.

In 2011, the International Year of Forests, they have greater involvement for the conservation of biodiversity in German forests and calls for a stronger emphasis on the biodiversity in the forest strategy of the federal government.

As a spokeswoman for reactor safety, it stands for the limited term extension of German nuclear power plants. It strives for a rational assessment of nuclear energy. It supports the position to use the skimmed additional profits of the nuclear power plant operating companies for further exploration and utilization of renewable energy as well as their storage capabilities.

The scientific further exploration of the Gorleben repository is very important to her. Angelika Brunkhorst here takes the position to fully explore the Gorleben site. Only after the completion of scientific studies, a judgment on the suitability to be like. The possible alternative locations for them is therefore only after completion of all examinations in question.

In its role as chairwoman of the FDP parliamentary group in Gorleben Investigation Committee of the 17th electoral term, it helps to disclose the selection and decision process in the case of the study site in Gorleben. Among other things, she opposes a political instrumentalization of the committee of inquiry.

As an expert in radiation protection Brunkhorst represents in a speech to the German Bundestag on the scientific evidence of the increasing occurrence of childhood leukemia in the vicinity of German nuclear power plants the position of the German Childhood Cancer Registry, that the scientists be incurred accumulation was not due to increased levels of radiation.