Kai Gehring


Kai Gehring is a German politician of the Green Party who has been serving as a Member of the German Parliament since 2005.

Early life and education

After receiving his Abitur in Velbert, Gehring majored in social sciences at the Ruhr University Bochum, earning his Diplom in 2003.

Political career

Having joined the liberal party Alliance '90/The Greens in 1998, Gehring was elected to the Bundestag in the 2005 federal election. He was able to retain his seat in the 2009 election.
Since joining the parliament, Gehring has been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment. In 2011, he became his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for research and universities.
In addition to his committee assignments, Gehring has served as deputy chairman of the German-Greek Parliamentary Friendship Group ; the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East, which is in charge of maintaining inter-parliamentary relations with Bahrain, Irak, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and the Palestinian territories; and the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Central African States.

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