Tobias Pflüger
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Tobias Pflüger is a German
politician
and former Member of the European Parliament
(2004 - 2009). He represented the Die Linke, part of the European Left and sat on the European Parliament
's Committee on Foreign Affairs
. He was a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
, substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee.
Politics of Germany
The Federal Republic of Germany is a federal parliamentary republic, based on representative democracy. The Chancellor is the head of government, while the President of Germany is the head of state, which is a ceremonial role but with substantial reserve powers.Executive power is vested in the...
politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and former Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
(2004 - 2009). He represented the Die Linke, part of the European Left and sat on the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
's Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Foreign Affairs (EU)
The Committee on Foreign Affairs , previously called Political Affairs, is a committee of the European Parliament...
. He was a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs is a committee of the European Parliament.Since Economic and Monetary Union , the most important function of this Committee has been in relation to the European Central Bank . Although guaranteed independence under the Treaty, the ECB is accountable...
, substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee.
Education
- 1985: School-leaving certificate, Otto Hahn grammar school, Nagold
- Studied politics and empirical cultural affairs at Tübingen
- Activist in the peace and anti-nuclearAnti-nuclearThe anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes the use of nuclear technologies. Many direct action groups, environmental groups, and professional organisations have identified themselves with the movement at the local, national, and international level...
movement since the 1980s - from 1989 to 1993: Personal assistant for two Green MembersMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
in the Baden-Württemberg Regional Assembly on anti-nuclear affairs, energy and peace policy - In 1996 founded and set up Information Agency on Militarisation (IMI) e.V., IMI Executive member and spokesman at home and abroad
- Editor of the online magazine IMI-List (approx 1000 subscribers)
- 2002: Scholarship from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, January-December
- 2002: Active Member of the attac research committee since late
- 2004: Participated and lectured at European Social ForumEuropean Social ForumThe European Social Forum is a recurring conference held by members of the alter-globalization movement . In the first few years after it started in 2002 the conference was held every year, but later it became biannual due to difficulties with finding host countries...
s in FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
(2002), Paris (2003), LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
(2004) and the World Social Forum in MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... - Active Member of the DFG-VK (German peace association - united opponents of war, http://www.dfg-vk.de)
- Member of the BUND (Association for Nature and Environmental Protection)
- Member of VCD (Germany transport club)
- Member of the VVN-BdA (Union of Persecutees of the Nazi RegimeUnion of Persecutees of the Nazi RegimeThe Society of People Persecuted by the Nazi Regime – Federation of Anti-Fascists is a political organization founded in 1947....
) - Member of the ver.di trade union (Subject area 8 in Baden-Württemberg)
- Member of the dai (German-American Institute, Tübingen)
- Executive member Information Agency on Militarisation e.V.
- Member of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Member of the Rosa Luxemburg Forum, Baden-Württemberg
- Spokesman for the Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland PDS regional associations
- former GUE/NGL Group coordinator on Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
- former Member of the European ParliamentMember of the European ParliamentA Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
Peace Initiatives Intergroup