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FLECKENSTEIN, Knut Volksdorfer Weg 93e, 22393 Hamburg, Germany [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 European Parliament 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) .

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