Biography

Personal details Klaus-Peter Flosbach:

Date/place of birth: 8 January 1952 in Wipperfürth

Religion: Catholic
Family status: Married, three children

Education, Training and Career

Passed Abitur (school-leaving certificate giving right of entry to university) at Engelbert von Berg grammar school in Wipperfürth
Studied business in Cologne, focusing on taxation, public finance, auditing and the trust sector
Graduated in business in 1979
Worked for a finance company from 1979 to 1992
Self-employed economic consultant since 1992

Political career:

1972 Joined the CDU
1994 – 1984 Chair of the Young Union (youth section of the CDU/CSU) at municipal, county and district level
1979 – 1982 Member of Wippefürth town council
1987 – 1991 Chair of the Small and Medium Enterprises and Business
Organisation of the CDU/CSU at county level
1989 – 1995 County treasurer of the CDU
Since 1995 Chair of the Oberberg county branch of the CDU
1994 and 1999 - 2010 Member of Oberberg county council, from 1999 to 2002 chair of the CDU group on the council
Since 2002 Member of the Bundestag
Spokesman of the finance working group of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group since 25 January 2011
Chair of the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group since 2006

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