Citizenship German Political party SPD Education University of Hamburg | Nationality Germany Alma mater University of Hamburg | |
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Born January 16, 1959 (age 58)
Bremen, West Germany
(now Germany) ( 1959-01-16 ) Party Social Democratic Party of Germany Profiles | ||
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Matthias Bartke (born 16 January 1959) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was elected a member of the German parliament (Bundestag) in the federal election of 2013. Since January 2016 he is the legal advisor and thus a member of the Board of Managing Directors of the SPD-Parliamentary Group.
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Life
Bartke grew up in Fischerhude near Bremen. After his Abitur in 1978, he finished his military service in Rotenburg an der Wümme. He studied law in University of Hamburg (1981-1987). After that he worked as a lawyer in Altona, Hamburg. From 1987 till 1991 he was a research consultant at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) at the University of Hamburg. He holds a doctoral degree in law. He complete his PhD (Thesis: "Defence mission of the Bundeswehr: a constitutional law analysis" („Verteidigungsauftrag der Bundeswehr: eine verfassungsrechtliche Analyse“) in 1991.
In 1991 he entered the civil service in Hamburg. He had various executive positions at the Social Security Office of Hamburg at the department for Labour and Social affairs, Family and Integration. After the Hamburg state election of 2011, he was the office manager of Senator for Social Affairs, Detlef Scheele. From January 1, 2013 until his election as a Member of the German Bundestag Bartke was the manager of the legal department of the Social Security Office of Hamburg.
Until 2014 he was the board chairman of the Foundation Lawaetz.
Bartke is married and has one son.
Political career
Bartke has been a member of the SPD since 1978. He was an active member of the Jusos and a member of the district committee of Jusos in Altona. Bartke was a member of the district assembly of Altona, Hamburg from 1986 till 1989. He was then elected as the chairman of the SPD Altona North-District. In 1996 he was elected as a member of the SPD Altona-District Executive, where he served temporarily as Chairman in 2008. Bartke was a member of the SPD-state board between 2008 and 2010. He was the founder chairman of the consortium "Selbst aktiv" for people with disabilities in SPD Hamburg.
Member of the German Bundestag, 2013–present
Bartke has been a Member of the German Bundestag since the 2013 federal elections, after winning in the electoral district of Altona, Hamburg with 34,9% of the first votes. He has since been serving on the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs, with a main focus on labour and disability policy. He is also a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection. and a substitute member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Since January 2016 Bartke is a member of the parliament’s Council of Elders and of the Committee for the Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure.
He is also the vice-chairman of the German-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group.