Friedrich Ostendorff (born 12 January 1953) is a German politician. Born in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, he represents the Alliance 90/The Greens. Friedrich Ostendorff has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2002 till 2005 and since 2009.[1]
Friedrich Ostendorff | |
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.jpg) Friedrich Ostendorff in 2008 | |
| Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Assumed office 27 October 2009 | |
| Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
| In office 17 October 2002 – 18 October 2005 | |
| Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1953 Dortmund, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Greens |
Life
editAfter the intermediate school-leaving certificate at the Realschule Oberaden in Bergkamen in 1968 and the subsequent agricultural training from 1968 to 1974, Ostendorff completed his master craftsman's examination as a farmer in 1974. Since 1971, he has been a member of the Westphalia-Lippe Rural Youth. In 1977, an agricultural internship abroad in Japan followed and in 1978 he finally took over his parents' farm in Bergkamen-Weddinghofen. Today, his wife runs the organic farm. In 1983 he converted his farm to organic farming. He is a member of the Bundestag Committee for Food and Agriculture.[2] For his parliamentary group, he is spokesman for agricultural policy.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Friedrich Ostendorff | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Food and Agriculture". German Bundestag. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Die fachpolitischen SprecherInnen". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
External links
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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