FLECKENSTEIN, Knut Volksdorfer Weg 93e, 22393 , [email protected]

Born on 20 December 1953, Bad Nauheim Married, two daughters Qualification in banking

Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD)

Since 09/2019 Special Advisor to the President of PES (Balkan / Eastern Europe) 2009 – 2019 Member of the 2017 – 2019 S&D Foreign Affairs Coordinator 2014 – 2016 Vice-President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)

MEMBER of following Committees and Delegations:  Committee on Foreign Affairs  Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee  Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly  Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee  S&D Coordinator EURONEST (Eastern Neighbourhood countries)  Member of Workinggroup Western Balkan of Foreign Affairs Committee

SUBSTITUTE  Committee on Transport and Tourism  Subcommittee on Security and Defence  Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee

PROFESSIONAL CAREER 1994-2009 Workers' Samaritan Federation Hamburg, Executive Manager Inter alia implementation of humanitarian projects aiming to build up social NGOs in St Petersburg, Latvia, Lithuania 1991-1994 HANSETRANS transport and logistics group, Member of the Executive Board 1989-1991 State Parliament of Hamburg, Spokesperson and Head of Protocol Responsibility for the town twinning Hamburg-St Petersburg 1984-1989 State Government Hamburg, Spokesperson and Head of Cabinet of Vice Mayor, Head of European Affairs Department 1979-1984 Deutsche BP AG, Import and export of energy products, gas purchasing

POLITICAL CAREER AND CURRENT DUTIES  Member of the SPD (since 1974)  Member of the Hamburg executive of the SPD (1994-2004 and since 2007)  Member of the European Affairs Committee of the SPD Executive (since 2008)  Member of Committee for International Affairs of the SPD Executive (since 2018)  Member of the European Parliament (2009-2019)