Norbert Brackmann

Norbert Brackmann (born 30 August 1954) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who was a member of the German Bundestag from 2009 to 2021, representing as a directly elected member the constituency of Duchy of Lauenburg - Stormarn-South.

In addition to his parliamentary work, Brackmann served as Coordinator of the Federal Government for the Maritime Industry from 2018 until 2021.

[1][2][3] Brackmann was born in Lauenburg, and graduated from high school in 1973 at the Lauenburgische Gelehrtenschule in Ratzeburg.

In 2000, Brackmann co-founded the media company Digitalradio Nord GmbH, and was one of its managing directors until 2010.

In this capacity, he was also in 1992 in the Enquete Commission of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag for municipal constitutional reform, whose deputy chairman he was.

In May 2020, Brackmann announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.