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NYC: The Future of German Politics and Transatlantic Relations: A View from Bavaria

December 3, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST

The ACG and the Hans Seidel Foundation will host a discussion and reception with Markus Blume, Secretary General of the Christian Social Union (CSU) and Member of the Bavarian State Parliament; Stephan Mayer, Secretary of State at the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building, and Community; and Alexander Radwan, Member of the German Bundestag and Member of the Finance Committee and of the Committee of Foreign Affairs.

Markus Blume has been a Member of the Bavarian State Parliament since 2008 and the Secretary General of the Christian Social Union (CSU) since 2018. He has also served as the Chairman of the CSU Economic Commission since 2011. Mr. Blume first studied physics at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, then political science at the Bavaria School of Public Policy Munich.

Stephan Mayer has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2002 and the Secretary of State in the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building, and Community since 2018. Prior to being appointed as the Secretary of State, Mr. Mayer served as Spokesperson for Homeland Security of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group between 2013 and 2017. He holds a degree in law from the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich.

Alexander Radwan has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2013, where he is a Member of the Finance Committee and of the Committee of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Radwan also serves as Spokesperson for Middle East Affairs. Prior to being appointed to the Bundestag, Mr. Radwan served as a Member of the European Parliament (CSU/European People’s Party) from 1999 to 2008 and then as a Member of the Bavarian State Parliament from 2008 to 2013. Mr. Radawan studied Mechanical Engineering at the Fachhochschule Munich, then law at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich.

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December 3, 2019
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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