Friedhelm Ortgies
Friedhelm Henry Ortgies born 12. May 1950 in Rahden is a German politician CDU.
Education and Work
Ortgies attended secondary school in Rahden (circle Minden-Lübbecke) and became in 1965 the middle school. Following this, he started an agricultural teachings, which he completed in the 1968th His master's certificate to agriculturalist he graduated in 1974. A year later, he took over his parents' farm, which he managed until 2000, when he entered the Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. The operation was active primarily in the field of pig rearing and processing.
Family
Friedhelm Ortgies is Protestant, married and has two adult children and two grandchildren.
Party
Ortgies occurred in 1973 in the Young Union, one of the youth wing of the CDU. In 1974 he became a member of the CDU. Already in 1975 he obtained at the municipal election for a seat in the Council, the CDU his hometown Rahden. In 1982 he became chairman of the CDU Rahden City Association, which he retained until 1995. After the local elections in 1989 Ortgies Chairman of the CDU group in the city council Rahden. This office he resigned from the 2000th Since 2001 Ortgies is deputy chairman of the CDU district association Minden-Lübbecke.
Since 2003 Ortgies is chairman of the District Agricultural Committee Rhine Westphalia the CDU in the farmers' interests are represented in the CDU.
Member of Parliament
Friedhelm Ortgies is since 2. June 2000 Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia,[1] where he is a member of the CDU. He won the state election Minden I, where he could unite 43.2% of the votes. In the 2005 parliamentary elections could Ortgies improve his constituency result to 50.3% and settled again as a directly elected representative in the state legislature. Since 16 August 2005 Ortgies Speaker of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of his group.
Political Priorities
Friedhelm Ortgies' political focus is primarily in the area of agriculture and consumer protection policy and transport policy. In addition, he is regarded as representative of the interests in rural areas in North Rhine-Westphalia.