Holger Becker | |
Office: | Member of the Bundestag |
Constituency: | Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I |
Term Start: | October 2021 |
Predecessor: | Johannes Selle |
Party: | SPD |
Birth Date: | 1964 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Kusel, West Germany |
Holger Becker (born 15 July 1964)[1] is a German businessman and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD)[2] who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 German federal election, representing the constituency of Jena – Sömmerda – Weimarer Land I.
Becker studied physics at the University of Heidelberg and at University of Western Australia in Perth from 1985 to 1991. He subsequently worked as a research associate at the University of Heidelberg and earned a doctorate (Dr. rer.nat.) in 1995. He was a research associate at Imperial College London from 1995 to 1997.[3]
Becker worked at Jenoptik from 1998 until 2000.[4]
In parliament, Becker has been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment and the Committee on Digitization.[5]