Enak Ferlemann Explained

Enak Ferlemann
Office:Parliamentary State Secretary for Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Term Start:2009
Term End:2021
Minister:Peter Ramsauer
Alexander Dobrindt
Christian Schmidt (Acting)
Andreas Scheuer
Chancellor:Angela Merkel
Successor:Michael Theurer
Office1:Member of the Bundestag
Term Start1:2002
Birth Date:12 July 1963
Birth Place:Bad Rothenfelde, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Citizenship:German
Nationality:German
Party:CDU

Enak Ferlemann (born 12 July 1963) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2002.

Early life and education

Ferlemann was born 1963 in the West German town of Bad Rothenfelde and studied jurisprudence without gaining a degree.[1]

Political career

Ferlemann entered the CDU in 1979 and became chairman of the county party organisation in Cuxhaven in 1995.[2]

Ferlemann has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2002 elections, representing the Cuxhaven – Stade II constituency. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Transport, where he focused on the construction of Bundesautobahn 26 and the expansion of Bundesautobahn 20. From 2005 until 2009, he chaired the Sub-Committee on Railway Infrastructure.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the Christian Democrats and the FDP following the 2009 federal elections, Ferlemann was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on transport policy, led by Hans-Peter Friedrich and Patrick Döring.[3]

Since the 2009 elections, Ferlemann has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure under the leadership of successive ministers Peter Ramsauer (2009-2013), Alexander Dobrindt (2013-2017) and Andreas Scheuer (since 2018) in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.[4] In this capacity, he also served as the Federal Commissioner for Rail Transport from 2018 until 2021.[5]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Ferlemann was part of the working group on transport and infrastructure, led by Michael Kretschmer, Alexander Dobrindt and Sören Bartol.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deutscher Bundestag - Ferlemann, Enak. Deutscher Bundestag.
  2. Web site: Enak Ferlemann. Enak Ferlemann MdB | Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär beim Bundesminister für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur.
  3. https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/koalitionsverhandlungen-wen-union-und-fdp-zum-feilschen-schicken-a-653453.html Koalitionsverhandlungen: Wen Union und FDP zum Feilschen schicken
  4. Web site: BMVI - Enak Ferlemann. www.bmvi.de.
  5. https://www.dw.com/en/deutsche-bahn-flaws-prompt-calls-for-basic-railway-reform/a-46763372 Deutsche Bahn flaws prompt calls for basic railway reform