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Ingo Bodtke
German politician (born 1965) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ingo Bodtke (born 6 June 1965 in Lutherstadt Eisleben) is a German politician from the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from Saxony-Anhalt from 2021 to 2025.[1]
Early life and career
Ingo Bodtke grew up in a Christian home in the town of his birth. He completed an apprenticeship as a butcher and, after completing his basic military service, studied meat management and graduated as an engineer. He then worked as an instructor for insemination of cattle in animal breeding.[2][3] He also worked in the insurance industry from 1987 and worked for LVM since 1990.[3][4][5] Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Bodtke has managed an insurance and financial agency as well as travel agencies.
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Political career
Bodtke is a member of the Federal Committee on Religion & ideology in the FDP party.[6]
Bodtke is a member of the Wimmelburg municipal council and holds a seat on the Mansfeld-Südharz district council, serving as FDP parliamentary group chairman since 2019. He is chairman of the association Liberaler Mittelstand Sachsen-Anhalt e. V. as well as assessor of the federal board of the federal association.[7]
He ran in the federal constituency of Mansfeld in the 2021 federal election and in second place on the state list of the FDO Saxony-Anhalt. He missed the direct mandate with 8.4% of the first votes, but moved via the state list into the 20th German Bundestag.[8] There he is a member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture, the Petitions Committee and alternate in the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs.[9]
In 2024, Bodtke announced that he isn't seeking re-election for Bundestag in the 2025 federal elections.[10]
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Personal life
Bodtke has been married since 1985 and is the father of four children.[6][15]
External links
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