Arne Gericke

German politician

Arne Gericke MEP

Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019
Constituency	Germany

Personal details
Born	(1964-11-19) 19 November 1964 (age 59) Hamburg, Germany
Political party	Germany Bündnis C (2018–present) Free Voters (2017–2018) Family Party of Germany (2005–2017) European Union EU Parliamentary group: European Conservatives and Reformists Group
Spouse	Susanne Gericke^[1]
Children	7^[1]

Arne Gericke (born 19 November 1964 in Hamburg) is a German politician who was formerly a Member of the European Parliament.^[2] Elected for the Family Party of Germany in the 2014 election, he left in 2017 to join the Free Voters.^[3] After 15 months with the Free Voters, he left to join the minor conservative Christian party Bündnis C.^[4]

At the European level, while he was a member of the Free voters he was also technically a member of the European Democratic Party,^[5] however he has always remained affiliated with the European Christian Political Movement and sat with the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament.^[6]^[7]

He lost his seat in the 2019 European Parliament election after Bündnis C failed to win enough votes to entitle them to a seat.

In 2012 Gericke was awarded the Mestemacher Bakery prize for Father of the Year,^[8] given to men who are model fathers.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Top fathers selected in 2012: They can do that". 3 August 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
^ "Arne Gericke". European Parliament.
^ "Bundesvorsitzender der Familienpartei wechselt zu Freien Wählern - EU-Info.de". www.eu-info.de.
^ "Bündnis C für christlich-innovative Politik in Europa". Arne-Gericke.eu.
^ "Member of the EDP Arne Gericke". European Democratic Party. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ Arne Gericke European Conservatives and Reformists
^ "MEPs Arne Gericke". European Christian Political Movement.
^ "MESTEMACHER AWARD TOP FATHER OF THE YEAR – Mestemacher". Retrieved 5 November 2021.