Oliver Schenk

Oliver Schenk
MEP
Schenk in 2024
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 July 2024
Personal details
Born (1968-08-14) 14 August 1968 (age 56)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
Other political
affiliations		European People's Party

Oliver Schenk (born 14 August 1968) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1]

Career in public administration

From 2014 to 2017, Schenk served as director-general for health policy at the Federal Ministry of Health.[2]

Schenk served as head of the State Chancellery of Saxony in the government of Minister-President Michael Kretschmer from 2017 to 2024.[3]

Political career

In parliament, Schenk has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and its Subcommittee on Public Health. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliament’s delegations to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and for relations with China.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Nach Erfolg bei Europawahl: Wer folgt auf Oliver Schenk in der Staatskanzlei?". Tag24 (in German). 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ Rainer Woratschka (11 March 2014), Gesundheitsminister schafft neue Abteilung: Gröhe pflegt sein Ressort Der Tagesspiegel.
  3. ^ "Wechsel an der Spitze der Sächsischen Staatskanzlei" (in German). Medienservice Sachsen. 21 June 2024.
  4. ^ Oliver Schenk European Parliament.


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