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'''Jens Koeppen''' (born 27 September 1962 in [[Zeitz]], [[East Germany]]) is a German [[politician]] of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]] who has been a member of the [[Bundestag]] since 2005.

== Early life and education ==
Koeppen has lived in [[Schwedt]] since 1963.<ref name="BIO">[http://jens-koeppen.de/?page_id=611 Vita] at jens-koeppen.de, access date 5 January 2013</ref>

== Political career ==
Koeppen became politically active in 1989, when he joined the East German political movement [[Neues Forum]].<ref name="BIO"/> In 1997, he joined the CDU.<ref name="BIO"/>

Since 18 September 2005, Koeppen has been a member of the German Bundestag,<ref name="BIO"/> representing [[Uckermark – Barnim I]]. Between 2005 and 2013, he served as a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. In 2009, Koeppen joined [[Andreas Scheuer]] in initiating a cross-party group for the protection of [[antique car]]s.<ref>[https://www.focus.de/auto/news/berlin-oldtimer-arbeitskreis-im-bundestag_aid_402907.html Oldtimer-Arbeitskreis im Bundestag] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709060340/https://www.focus.de/auto/news/berlin-oldtimer-arbeitskreis-im-bundestag_aid_402907.html |date=9 July 2018 }} ''[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]]'', 29 May 2009.</ref>

Following the [[2013 German federal election|2013 federal elections]], Koeppen moved to the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy. In addition, he served as chairman of the Committee on the Digital Agenda from 2014 until 2017. He also serves as a member of the parliament's [[Council of Elders of the Bundestag (Germany)|Council of Elders]], which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigns committee chairpersons based on party representation.{{fact|date=February 2022}}

In addition to his committee assignments, Koeppen is a member of the German-Hungarian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the Berlin-Taipei Parliamentary Circle of Friends.{{fact|date=February 2022}}

In the negotiations to form a [[coalition government]] under the leadership of [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]] following the [[2017 German federal election|2017 federal elections]], Koeppen was part of the working group on digital policy, led [[Helge Braun]], [[Dorothee Bär]] and [[Lars Klingbeil]]. He is leading his party's campaign for the [[2021 German federal election|2021 federal elections]] in Brandenburg.<ref>[https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bundestag-potsdam-spitzenkandidat-koeppen-cdu-kann-sich-in-regierung-erneuern-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-210529-99-786099 Spitzenkandidat Koeppen: CDU kann sich in Regierung erneuern] ''[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]'', 29 May 2021.</ref>

In August 2024 Koeppen announced that he isn't seeking re-election for Bundestag.
<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-19 |author=[[Gordon Repinski]] |date=2024-08-08 |title=„bundestag-2025-wahlkampf-kandidaten-brandenburg-scholz-baerbock“ |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/bundestag-2025-wer-in-brandenburg-in-den-wahlkampf-zieht/ |website=politico.eu}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

==Other activities==
* [[Federal Network Agency|Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway]] (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board<ref>[https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Allgemeines/Bundesnetzagentur/BeiraeteundAusschuesse/Beirat/MitgliederBeirat/Mitglieder.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=88 Members of the Advisory Board] [[Federal Network Agency|Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway]] (BNetzA).</ref>
* [[Rotary International]], Member

== Political positions ==
In June 2017, Koeppen voted against Germany's introduction of [[Same-sex marriage in Germany|same-sex marriage]].<ref>[https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article166099805/Diese-Unionsabgeordneten-stimmten-fuer-die-Ehe-fuer-alle.html Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle] ''[[Die Welt]]'', 30 June 2017.</ref> Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ [[2018 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election|leadership election]] in 2018, he publicly endorsed [[Friedrich Merz]] to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair.<ref>Carsten Korfmacher (8 December 2018), [CDU-Bundesparteitag in Hamburg: Abgeordnete aus dem Nordosten stehen hinter AKK] ''[[Nordkurier]]''.</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.jens-koeppen.de Official Website of Jens Koeppen]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130502023439/http://www.cducsu.de/Titel__jens_koeppen/TabID__23/SubTabID__24/AbgLetter__75/AbgID__213/WP__17/Abgeordnete.aspx Vita at CDUCSU.de]

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