Max Lucks
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Max Lucks | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Lucks in 2019 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
| Leader of the Green Youth | |
| In office October 2017 – November 2019 Serving with Ricarda Lang | |
| Preceded by | Moritz Heuberger |
| Succeeded by | Georg Kurz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 April 1997 Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf, Germany |
| Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Max Lucks (born 19 April 1997) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag in the 20th Bundestag that has been elected in the German federal election on 26 September 2021.[1][2][3]
Political career[edit]
Early beginnings[edit]
Lucks joined the Green Party in 2013. From 2017 to 2019, he served as co-chair of the Green Youth, alongside Ricarda Lang.[4]
Member of the German Parliament, 2021–present[edit]
In the Bundestag, Lucks serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid and the Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.[5]
In addition to his committee assignments, Lucks has been a member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2022. In the Assembly, he serves on the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy and on its Subcommittee on Middle East Affairs .[6] He is also the chairman of the German-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group and a member of the German-Mexican Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Other activities[edit]
- German Foundation for World Population (DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (since 2022)[7]
- Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld (Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)[8]
- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member[9]
Controversy[edit]
Along with Volker Beck, Terry Reintke and Felix Banaszak, Lucks was temporarily detained when Beck wanted to speak publicly at Gay Pride Istanbul in June 2016.[10][11] Lucks outed himself as gay.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ "Max Lucks". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Das ist die U-25-Fraktion im Bundestag". Spiegel Politik (in German). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Max Lucks". Alliance 90/The Greens Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Max Lucks Bundestag.
- ^ Max Lucks Bundestag.
- ^ Max Lucks Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
- ^ Advisory Board German Foundation for World Population (DSW).
- ^ Mitglieder mehrerer Gremien gewählt Bundestag, press release of 2 June 2022.
- ^ Max Lucks Bundestag.
- ^ Carolin Skiba (28 June 2016), Duisburg: Grünen-Politiker in Türkei festgenommen Rheinische Post.
- ^ German lawmaker temporarily detained at Istanbul gay parade Associated Press, 26 June 2016.
- ^ Queer.de: Erstes schwules Paar im Deutschen Bundestag
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