Thomas Webel

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Thomas Webel
Webel in 2012
Minister of Regional Development and Transport of Saxony-Anhalt
Assumed office
19 April 2011
Prime MinisterReiner Haseloff
Preceded byKarl-Heinz Daehre
Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union in Saxony-Anhalt
In office
13 November 2004 – 17 November 2018
Preceded byWolfgang Böhmer
Succeeded byHolger Stahlknecht
Personal details
Born (1954-07-27) 27 July 1954 (age 69)
Bad Pyrmont, West Germany
Political partyChristian Democratic Union

Thomas Webel (born 27 July 1954) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Life and politics[edit]

Webel was born 1954 in Bad Pyrmont and became member of the CDU in 1990.

From 1990 to 2002 Webel was a member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt, the legislative body of the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. Webel was chairman of the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt from 2004 to 2018.[1]

Since 2011, Webel has been serving as State Ministry of Regional Development and Transport in the government of Minister-President Reiner Haseloff.[2][3][4][5] As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, he is a member of the Committee on Transport and of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Regional Planning. He is also a member of the German-Russian Friendship Group set up by the Bundesrat and the Russian Federation Council.

Other activities[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Handbuch des Landtages von Sachsen-Anhalt. Magdeburg 2015. p.45.
  2. ^ "IS-Argebau". bauministerkonferenz.de. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. ^ Magdeburg, Volksstimme. "… dann würde der Osten abgekoppelt". www.volksstimme.de (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. ^ KRANERT-RYDZY, HENDRIK. "Thomas Webel: Der Börde-Baron". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ Bock, Jens Schmidt und Michael. "Opposition setzt Webel zu". www.volksstimme.de (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  6. ^ Members of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA).