Uwe Foullong
Uwe Foullong | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
| Constituency | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 September 1957 Neuss, West Germany |
| Political party | The Left |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
| Occupation | Trade unionist |
Uwe Foullong (born 29 September 1957) is a German politician and member of the Bundestag.[1] A member of The Left, he has represented North Rhine-Westphalia since 2025.
Foullong was born on 29 September 1957 in Neuss.[1] He graduated from Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium, Neuss in 1978 and trained to be a bank clerk at the Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft (BfG) in Berlin from 1978 to 1980.[2] He was a customer service representative at BfG Berlin from 1980 to 1981.[2] He studied economics at Free University of Berlin from 1981 to 1987 on a scholarship from Hans-Böckler-Stiftung.[2]
Foullong was the secretary of the Trade, Banking and Insurance Union (HBV)'s main board in 1987.[2] He worked in the union's Department of Rationalization / Humanization of Work from 1987 to 1988.[2] From 1988 to 2001 he held various roles in the union's activities in the banking sector.[2] The HBV merged with other unions to form ver.di in 2001 since when Foullong has been head of the Co-ordination Department at ver.di.[2] He was a member of the union's federal executive board from 2004 to 2011.[2]
Foullong was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1983 to 2017 before joining The Left in December 2023.[3] He was The Left's candidate in Bottrop – Recklinghausen III (constituency 124) at the 2025 federal election but was not elected.[4][5] He was however elected to the Bundestag on The Left's state list in North Rhine-Westphalia.[6]
Foullong is married, has three children and lives in Bottrop-Kirchhellen.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Abgeordnete - Uwe Foullong" (in German). Berlin, Germany: Bundestag . Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Vorstandsmitglied bis 2011: Uwe Foullong" (in German). Berlin, Germany: ver.di. 1 November 2012. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Uwe Foullong, 67, Bottrop Direktkandidat Wahlkreis 124" (PDF) (in German). Düsseldorf, Germany: The Left North Rhine-Westphalia Branch. 23 December 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Bundestag election 2025: Elected candidates - Elected candidates 'F'". Wiesbaden, Germany: Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Grafiken Bundestagswahl 2025: Detail-Ergebnis - Bottrop – Recklinghausen III (124)". Tagesschau (in German). Hamburg, Germany. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Bundestag election 2025: Elected candidates - Nordrhein-Westfalen". Wiesbaden, Germany: Federal Returning Officer. Archived from the original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Uwe Foullong möchte für die Linke in den Bundestag". Dorstener Zeitung (in German). Dorsten, Germany. 16 December 2024. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
