| Norbert Altenkamp | |
| Office: | Member of the Bundestag for |
| Term Start: | 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Heinz Riesenhuber |
| Office2: | Mayor of Bad Soden |
| Term Start2: | 2004 |
| Term End2: | 2017 |
| Predecessor2: | Kurt E. Bender |
| Successor2: | Frank Blasch |
| Birth Date: | 1972 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Party: | Christian Democratic Union |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Münster |
| Signature: | Norbert Altenkamp CDU Unterschrift.png |
Norbert Altenkamp (born 27 July 1972)[1] is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017. He previously served as mayor of Bad Soden.
Altenkamp was born in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia. After his Abitur, he took up an apprenticeship as a bank teller at Dresdner Bank in Essen,[2] followed by studying economics at the University of Münster.
Altenkamp entered the CDU in 1990. From 2004 to 2017, he was mayor of Bad Soden. He was first elected in 2003 with 63.3% of the vote[3] [4] and was re-elected in 2009[5] and 2015.[6]
In the 2017 German federal election, Altenkamp was directly elected as member of parliament for the electoral district of, becoming the CDU candidate after a contested internal election.[7] He has since been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. In this capacity, he is the CDU/CSU parliamentary group's rapporteur on the immigration of skilled workers and on tax incentives for research and development.
In 2023, Altenkamp co-founded the Cross-Party Parliamentary on the Situation of the Uyghurs.
Altenkamp is married and has two children, and currently resides in Bad Soden.