Jan Christian Ehler is a German

Germany

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 politician and Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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 for Brandenburg

Brandenburg

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. He is a member of the conservative

Conservatism

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 Christian Democratic Union

Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

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, part of the European People's Party

European People's Party

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Curriculum vitae

Managing Director, Biotech GmbH - biotechnology centre Hennigsdorf (since 2000)
Managing director, Projektgesellschaft Bahnerprobungs- und Technologiezentrum (special testing and technology company) Berlin/Brandenburg GmbH (GBT) (1998-2000)
Member of staff, project head and subsequently Managing Director of the Aigner group of companies (1992-1997)
Assistant to the managing director, ddp/ADN (1990-1991)

1992/1993 PhD of political science in the field of the "US commercial policy" at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
1986-1991 Studies in the field of journalism, political science and macroeconomics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU)
Traineeship at the German Journalist School Munich
1989/1990 Studies in the field of macroeconomics at the American University Washington D.C., research associate for the Committee on Financial Affairs of the US - Congress
1984 Abitur (Diploma) at the public school Marquartstein Bavaria

Member of the Brandenburg Regional Parliament from 1999 until 2004

• CDU Group, Member
• Industry and technology spokesman for the CDU Group in the Regional Parliament
• Committee on Economic Affairs, Member
• Committee on European Affairs and Development Policies, Member
• Committee on Budgetary and Financial Affairs, Substitute
• Enquiry Board 3/1 "Airport BBI" (April 2000-June 2003), Member
• Enquiry Board 3/3 "Chip-Factory Frankfurt Oder" (December 2003-August 2004), Member

Member of the European Parliament since 2004

• Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats, Member of the Bureau
• CDU/CSU Group in the European Parliament, Substitute chairman
• Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Member
• Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), Substitute
• Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE), Substitute
• Delegation for relations with India, Member
• Delegation for relations with the United States, Substitute

Additional Activities

• European Security Research and Innovation Forum, ESRIF (since September 2007), Member
• European Security Research Advisory Board, ESRAB (until December 2006), Member
• MIT, Germany (October 2003-November 2007), Federal Vice-Chairman
• CDU Regional Executive Board, Brandenburg (since Mai 2003), Member
• Executive Board of the EPP Small and Medium Entrepreneurs' Union, Brussels (March 2003- Mai 2007), Member
• CDU District Executive Board, Oberhavel (since December 2001), Member
• CDU small businesses association (MIT), Brandenburg (since November 2000), Regional Chairman

External links

Official website