Wolfgang Hellmich | |
Office: | Member of the Bundestag |
Term Start: | 2012 |
Birth Date: | 1958 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Welver, West Germany |
Party: | SPD |
Nationality: | German |
Wolfgang Hellmich (born 5 May 1958) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2012.
Hellmich became a member of the Bundestag in 2012 when he took the seat vacated by Michael Groschek.[1] He is a member of the Defence Committee – which he chaired from 2015 until 2021 – and the 1st Committee of Inquiry of the Defence Committee.[2]
In addition to his committee assignments, Hellmich co-chaired the German-Slovenian Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2014 until 2019. Since 2014, he has also been a member of the German delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where he is part of the Defence and Security Committee and the Political Committee.[3] In 2022, he joined the parliamentary body charged with overseeing a 100 billion euro special fund to strengthen Germany’s armed forces.