Jürgen Coße Explained

Jürgen Coße
Office:Member of the Bundestag
Term Start:2021
Birth Date:1969 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Neuenkirchen, Westphalia, West Germany
Party:SPD
Nationality:German

Jürgen Coße (born 16 August 1969) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who has served as a member of the Bundestag from 2016 to 2017 and again since 2021.

Political career

In parliament, Coße has been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Subcommittee on the United Nations, International Organizations and Civil Crisis Prevention, and the Subcommittee on Global Health.[1]

In addition to his committee assignments, Coße is part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Central African States and the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of East Africa.[2]

In the 2021, federal election, Coße once again ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the SPD in the Steinfurt III constituency and was once again defeated by his competitor, the incumbent Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek, with 31.1% of the first votes, who won the constituency for the third time with 34.0% of the first votes.[3] However, due to his party's improved second vote result, Coße entered the 20th German Bundestag as a member of the SPD state list.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/C/cosse_juergen-860994 Jürgen Coße
  2. https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/C/cosse_juergen-860994 Jürgen Coße
  3. Web site: Hagel . Michael . Lahrkamp und Coße kandidieren im Kreis Steinfurt . 2023-11-09 . www.wn.de . de.
  4. Web site: Jürgen Coße wieder im Bundestag . 2023-11-09 . MV online - Münsterländische Volkszeitung . de.