Arne Gericke Explained

Arne Gericke
Honorific-Suffix:MEP
Term Start:1 July 2014
Term End:1 July 2019
Constituency:Germany
Birth Date:19 November 1964
Birth Place:Hamburg, Germany
Party:Germany
Bündnis C (2018–present)
Free Voters (2017–2018)
Family Party of Germany (2005–2017)
European Union
EU Parliamentary group:
European Conservatives and Reformists Group
Spouse:Susanne Gericke[1]
Children:7

Arne Gericke (born 19 November 1964 in Hamburg) is a German politician who was formerly a Member of the European Parliament.[2] Elected for the Family Party of Germany in the 2014 election, he left in 2017 to join the Free Voters.[3] After 15 months with the Free Voters, he left to join the minor conservative Christian party Bündnis C.[4]

At the European level, while he was a member of the Free voters he was also technically a member of the European Democratic Party,[5] however he has always remained affiliated with the European Christian Political Movement and sat with the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament.[6] [7]

He lost his seat in the 2019 European Parliament election after Bündnis C failed to win enough votes to entitle them to a seat.

In 2012 Gericke was awarded the Mestemacher Bakery prize for Father of the Year,[8] given to men who are model fathers.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Top fathers selected in 2012: They can do that . 5 November 2021 . 3 August 2012.
  2. Web site: Arne Gericke. European Parliament.
  3. Web site: Bundesvorsitzender der Familienpartei wechselt zu Freien Wählern - EU-Info.de. www.eu-info.de.
  4. Web site: Bündnis C für christlich-innovative Politik in Europa. Arne-Gericke.eu.
  5. Web site: Member of the EDP Arne Gericke. European Democratic Party. 9 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180709123335/http://www.democrats.eu/en/member/arne-gericke. 9 July 2018. dead.
  6. http://ecrgroup.eu/mep/arne-gericke/ Arne Gericke
  7. Web site: MEPs Arne Gericke. European Christian Political Movement.
  8. Web site: MESTEMACHER AWARD TOP FATHER OF THE YEAR – Mestemacher . 5 November 2021.