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Helge Braun was born on 18 October, 1972 in Giessen, Hesse, West Germany, is a German politician. Discover Helge Braun's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?
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Libra |
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18 October 1972 |
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18 October |
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Giessen, Hesse, West Germany |
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Germany
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Who Is Helge Braun's Wife?
His wife is Katja Braun
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Helge Braun Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Helge Braun worth at the age of 51 years old? Helge Braun’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. He is from Germany. We have estimated Helge Braun's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Helge Reinhold Braun (born 18 October 1972) is a German physician and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
From 1989 until 2007 Braun was a member of the Young Union (JU).
He has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union since 1990.
After passing the Abitur in 1992 at the Liebigschule in Giessen, Braun studied medicine at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen.
He was the district leader of the JU Giessen from 1992 till 1997 and from 1998 until 2001 he was the regional leader of the JU Mittelhessen.
From 2001 until 2009, he was a scientific assistant at the Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Analgesic Therapy of the University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg.
He speaks German and some English.
Braun first served as a member of the Bundestag from October 2002 to September 2005.
From 2003 until 2005 he was the deputy leader of the Hessian Members of the Bundestag.
He also served on the Committee on Education and Research, the Committee on Environment, Nuclear Safety and Nature Conservation and on the Parliamentary Advisory Board for Sustainable Development.
Braun lost his seat in the 2005 federal elections.
He was able to re-enter the Bundestag in 2009, winning the constituency of his home town of Gießen with a majority of 59,441 votes or 36.7%.
In Merkel's second coalition government, Braun was Parliamentary Secretary of State for Education and Research, serving alongside Thomas Rachel under successive ministers Annette Schavan (2009–2013) and Johanna Wanka (2013).
During his time in office, he notably stepped up Germany's activities on research into neglected tropical diseases.
He was the Parliamentary Secretary of State for Bureaucracy Reduction and Federal-State Relations at the Chancellery between 2013 and 2018.
Braun, who was thought of as a party insider, loyal to moderate Merkel, ran in the December 2021 CDU leadership election, but only came in a distant third.
After the election, he was again elected as deputy leader of the Hessian MPs. In the subsequent federal elections of 2013 and 2017 he was able to defend his seat.
In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the Social Democrats following the 2013 federal elections, Braun was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on education and research policy, led by Johanna Wanka and Doris Ahnen.
Merkel subsequently appointed him as Parliamentary Secretary of State for Bureaucracy Reduction and Federal-State Relations, serving directly under her in the Federal Chancellery.
In that capacity, he was one of the officials co-ordinating Germany's response to the European migrant crisis in 2015.
After the 2017 elections and the successful coalition talks between the CDU/CSU and SPD in February 2018, Braun became the designated Head of the Chancellery and Federal Minister of Special Affairs in the fourth Merkel government.
Between 2018 and 2021, he served as Head of the Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the fourth coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
For the 2021 elections, Braun was elected to lead the CDU campaign in Hesse.
He lost his constituency to the Social Democratic Party but was re-elected on the state list.
On November 12, 2021, Braun announced his candidacy for the Christian Democratic Union leadership, joining opponents Norbert Röttgen and Friedrich Merz in the race to succeed Armin Laschet; the position ultimately went to Merz.
Since late 2021, Braun has been chairing the Budget Committee.
In this capacity, he also serves as his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of Health.
In 2022, he also joined the Subcommittee on Global Health.
Braun is a Roman Catholic and is married.
In April 2023, Braun was one of the 22 guests at the ceremony in which Angela Merkel was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for special achievement by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Schloss Bellevue in Berlin.