Education
University of Bonn.
University of Bonn.
Brandt, a lawyer by training specialising in criminal law, was mayor of Alsdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia from 1994 to 1999, having been a councillor there since 1978. After completing his Abitur in Herzogenrath, Brandt undertook his mandatory national service before earning a degree in law from the University of Bonn. After completing a training period, he passed the second and final exam to become a lawyer and has, since that time, been active as a lawyer in Alsdorf, practicing criminal law.
Helmut Brandt is married and has two children.
Brandt has belonged to the Christian Democratic Union since 1969 and is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union district association Aachen. Helmut Brandt belonged to the city council of Alsdorf from 1978 to 1994, where he was the local chairperson of the Christian Democratic Union until 1994.
Helmut Brandt was mayor of Alsdorf from 1994 until 1999. On June 28, 2005 Brandt took over Karl-Josepf Laumann"s place in the German Parliament.
After the federal elections of 2005, Helmut Brandt entered Parliament through the North Rhine-Westphalia party lists.
In the 2013 federal elections, Helmut Brandt defended his seat with 45.6 percent of the primary vote.
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He has been a member of the Bundestag since 28 June 2005, when he replaced Karl-Josef Laumann, who had been appointed a minister in North Rhine-Westphalia. In Bonn, he became a member of the K.D.St.V. Novesia Bonn, a Catholic fraternity. Since 1999, he has been a member of the district council in the area surrounding Aachen.
He is a member of the Home Affairs Committee in the German Parliament, which deals with immigration, national security, and public service.