Philipp Lengsfeld

German politician

Philipp Lengsfeld


Member of the Bundestag
In office 22 September 2013 – 24 September 2017
Constituency	Berlin-Mitte

Personal details
Born	(1972-03-21) 21 March 1972 (age 52) East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Alliance 90/The Greens (1995–2001) Christian Democratic Union (2001–present)
Children	2
Alma mater	Technical University of Berlin

Philipp Lengsfeld (born 21 March 1972) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Life

Born in East Berlin, Lengsfeld is the oldest son of German politician and civil rights activist Vera Lengsfeld. He grew up in East Germany. In 2001, he joined the center-right CDU.

From 2013 to 2017, he was a member of the Bundestag.

Positions

Philipp Lengsfeld belongs to the right-wing of his party, the so-called Berliner Kreis.^[1]

He opposes same-sex marriage^[2] and is critic of Angela Merkels climate policy.^[3]

References

^ "Ziele". Berliner Kreis. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ Werner van Bebber, Sabine Beikler (30 June 2015), "Homo-Ehe spaltet Berliner CDU", Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German), ISSN 1865-2263, retrieved 4 September 2018
^ "Klimaschutz: CDU-Rechte fordern Abschied von deutschen Klimazielen", Die Zeit (in German), Hamburg, 3 June 2017, ISSN 0044-2070, retrieved 7 June 2017