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Senator Christian Gaebler

Senator Christian Gaebler

Image: SenStadt / Andreas Labes

Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1964 in Berlin, single, protestant

Professional career

  • since 04/2023

    Senator for Urban Development, Building and Housing

  • 12/2021 – 04/2023

    Permanent Secretary for Building and Housing at the Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing

  • 04/2018 – 12/2021

    Head of the Senate Chancellery of Berlin

  • 12/2016 – 4/2018

    Head of Senate Department and Permanent Secretary for Sports at the Senate Department for Internal Affairs and Sport

  • 2011 – 2016

    Permanent Secretary at the Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment

  • 2001 – 2011

    SPD Group Whip in the Berlin House of Representatives

  • 1995 – 2011

    Member of the Berlin House of Representatives

  • 1995 – 1999

    Consultant Transport Planner

  • 1992 – 1995

    Research Assistant / Project Manager at Planning Offices

Education

  • 1985 – 03/1992

    Berlin Technical University, Transport Studies; qualification: Diplom-Ingenieur (MSc. Eng.)

  • 1983 – 1985

    Berlin Technical University, Construction and Transport

Committee memberships

  • Supervisory Board, Projekt Tegel (redevelopment of former Tegel Airport)
  • Supervisory Board, Stromnetz Berlin (electricity utilities provider, Berlin)
  • Supervisory Board, BEN Berlin Energie und Netzholding (state energy company, Berlin)

Work in the SPD

  • since 2020

    Chair of SPD Wilmersdorf-Nord

  • 1996 – 2020

    Member of the State Executive Committee, SPD Berlin

  • 2000 – 2020

    Chair of SPD Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

  • 1996 – 2000

    Chair of SPD Wilmersdorf

  • 1981

    Joined the SPD

Other voluntary activities and memberships

  • Member of the Sozialdemokratischen Gemeinschaft für Kommunalpolitik in Berlin e.V. (Social Democratic Association for Municipal Politics, Berlin)
  • Member of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (Workers’ Welfare Association)
  • Member of the EVG trade union in the DGB (Railway Workers’ Union in the German Trade Union Confederation)
  • Member of the Freunde des Technikmuseums (Friends of the Technology Museum)
  • Vice-President of the Berliner Fußballverband (Berlin Football Association)
  • Vice-President of the Chorverband Berlin (Berlin Choral Society)
  • President of the Berliner Sport-Verein 1892 (Berlin Sports Club)
  • Parliamentary Advisory Committee for Tennis, Borussia Berlin
  • Member of the German Red Cross
  • Member of Hertha BSC, 1. FC Union and FC Brandenburg 03 football clubs
  • Member of the Villa Aurora Association / Thomas-Mann-Haus

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