Klaus Brandner
1955 to 1959 elementary school, 1959 to 1965 secondary school. 1965 to 1968 Apprenticeship as electromechanic. 1969 to 1971 military service.
1968 to 1969 electromechanic, 1971 to 1973 technical employee; 1973 to 1983 union secretary of IG Metall, 1983 to 1988 managing director and 2nd authorized representative and since 1988 managing director and 1st authorized representative of IG Metall Gütersloh.
Honorary chairman of the board of directors of Vereinigte IKK, member of Arbeiterwohlfahrt and Sozialistische Jugend Deutschlands - Die Falken; chairman of Veranstaltergemeinschaft Radio Gütersloh e. V.
Joined the SPD in 1969; deputy chairman of the Rietberg local association in 1975; deputy chairman of the Gütersloh SPD district association from 2000 to 2005 and chairman since July 2005; member of the executive committee of the SPD Ostwestfalen-Lippe region.
Member of the Bundestag since 1998; economic and labor market policy spokesman from October 2002, labor market and social policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group since November 2005.
1968 to 1969 electromechanic, 1971 to 1973 technical employee; 1973 to 1983 union secretary of IG Metall, 1983 to 1988 managing director and 2nd authorized representative and since 1988 managing director and 1st authorized representative of IG Metall Gütersloh.
Honorary chairman of the board of directors of Vereinigte IKK, member of Arbeiterwohlfahrt and Sozialistische Jugend Deutschlands - Die Falken; chairman of Veranstaltergemeinschaft Radio Gütersloh e. V.
Joined the SPD in 1969; deputy chairman of the Rietberg local association in 1975; deputy chairman of the Gütersloh SPD district association from 2000 to 2005 and chairman since July 2005; member of the executive committee of the SPD Ostwestfalen-Lippe region.
Member of the Bundestag since 1998; economic and labor market policy spokesman from October 2002, labor market and social policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group since November 2005.