Mr. Knut Fleckenstein MEP

Mr. Fleckenstein was born in Bad Nauheim, Germany in 1953, and he is presently the Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee in the European Parliament. In his capacity as a Member of European Parliament, he is also a member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, and of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.

Mr. Fleckenstein joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1974. From 1994-2004 and since 2007, he has served as a member of the Hamburg executive of the SPD. Mr. Fleckenstein has also been a member of the European Affairs Committee of the SPD Executive since 2008.

Previously, he was the Spokesman and Head of Protocol of the State Parliament of Hamburg, and the Spokesperson and Head of Cabinet of Vice Mayor, Head of European Affairs Department, in the State Government Hamburg.

A proponent of cultural pursuits, Mr. Fleckenstein is a partner and chair on the Supervisory Board of the Ernst Deutsch Theatre Company, in Hamburg. He has been a Member of the Executive of the Social Democratic Cultural Forum Berlin since 2007 and is also the Founding President and Member of the Board of the Cultural Forum Hamburg.