Ralf Kapschack

Ralf Kapschack (born 24 December 1954) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2013 to October 2021.^[1]

Ralf Kapschack
Ralf Kapschack in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
In office 2013–2021
Personal details
Born	(1954-12-24) 24 December 1954 (age 69) Witten, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	SPD
Children	2

Political career

Kapschack became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.^[2] He is a member of the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and the Committee on Petitions.^[3][4]

In October 2020, Kapschack announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.^[5]

References

1. "Ralf Kapschack | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
2. "Ralf Kapschack, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
3. "German Bundestag - Labour and Social Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
4. "German Bundestag - Petitions". German Bundestag. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
5. Jürgen Augstein-Peschel (October 14, 2020), SPD in Witten: Kapschack tritt nicht mehr für Bundestag an Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Bundestag biography (in English)