Martin Rabanus | |
Office: | Member of the Bundestag |
Term Start: | 2024 |
Term Start1: | 2013 |
Term End1: | 2021 |
Birth Date: | 1971 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Fulda, West Germany |
Party: | SPD |
Nationality: | German |
Alma Mater: | Goethe University Frankfurt |
Martin Rabanus (born 22 September 1971) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 2013 to 2021[1] [2] and again since 2024.[3]
Rabanus first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[4] He was a member of the Committee for Education, Research and Technology Assessment from 2014 until 2019 before moving to the Committee for Culture and Media.[5]
In addition to his committee assignments, Rabanus chaired the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Southern African States since 2016.
In the negotiations to form the fourth coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Rabanus was part of the working group on cultural affairs and media, led by Monika Grütters, Dorothee Bär and Michael Roth.