Garrelt Duin
| Garrelt Duin | |
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| State Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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In office 2012–2017 |
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| Preceded by | Andreas Pinkwart |
| Succeeded by | Andreas Pinkwart |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
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In office 2005 – 2012 |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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In office 2000–2005 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 April 1968 Leer, Lower Saxony, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party |
 German:Social Democratic Party  EU:Party of European Socialists |
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Garrelt Duin (born 2 April 1968 in Leer, Lower Saxony) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
In the European Parliament, Duin served on the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2000-2004) and on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (2004-2005). In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the parliament’s delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway from 2000 until 2004.
Duin was elected as Member of the German Bundestag in the 2005 federal elections; he got 58 percent of the vote in the Aurich-Emden region in northern Germany. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology. Within his parliamentary group, he held the position of commissioner for industry policy (2006-2009) and chairman of the working group on economic affairs and technology (2009-2012).
In addition to his committee assignments, Duin served as deputy chairman of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2010 until 2012. He was also a member of the German-Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-Dutch Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Swiss Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Also in 2005, Duin was elected chairman of the SPD in Lower Saxony, succeeding Wolfgang Jüttner. He resigned from this position in 2010 and was replaced by Olaf Lies. Within his party, he belongs to the Seeheim Circle.
Duin resigned as Member of the Bundestag on 21 June 2012 and was appointed Minister for Economics, Energy, Industry and Commerce of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the government of Minister-President Hannelore Kraft on the same day.
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