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Karsten Voigt

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Karsten Voigt (1985)

Karsten Dietrich Voigt (born 11 April 1941 in Elmshorn) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Early life and education

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From 1960–1969, Voigt studied history, German, and Scandinavian languages and literature at the universities in Hamburg, Copenhagen, and Frankfurt.

Political career

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From 1969 until 1972, Voigt was chairman of the Jusos.

From 1976 to 1998, Voigt was a member of the German parliament, representing Frankfurt am Main I - Main-Taunus. In 1976, he was elected to the Bundestag for the first time. In 1983, the SPD parliamentary group made him their foreign policy spokesman; he held this office until leaving the parliament in 1998.

From 1999 to 2010, Voigt served as the "Coordinator of German-North American Cooperation" at the Foreign Office of Germany, under successive foreign ministers Joschka Fischer and Frank-Walter Steinmeier.[1] He is a board member of the Atlantik-Brücke, an association which promotes German-American understanding.

Other activities

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Auswärtiges Amt (2010). "Germany - Biography". Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  2. ^ Supervisory Board Checkpoint Charlie Foundation.
  3. ^ Board of Trustees Einstein Forum.
  4. ^ Board of Trustees Ernst Reuter Foundation.
  5. ^ Boards Archived 11 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
  6. ^ "Senior Network". www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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