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Philipp Bertram


Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2017
Preceded by	Katrin Lompscher
Constituency	State-wide list

Personal details
Born	(1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 33) Dresden, Germany
Political party	The Left
Occupation	Politician

Philipp Bertram (born 20 April 1991) is a German politician, currently serving as Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 1 February 2017 as a statewide member representing The Left.^[1]

Education and career before politics

Bertram grew up in Dresden and studied economics at the Free University of Berlin, but left before completing his course. After leaving university Bertram was involved in the founding of the Berlin-based refugee assistance organisation, Freiwillige Helfen.^[2]

From 2015 until 2017 Bertram worked at the ASB Nothilfe gGmbH organisation, which operates refugee accommodation in Berlin. Bertram was responsible for establishing a refugee shelter at Wilmersdorf Town Hall.^[3] In recognition of his work with refugees Bertram was named "Berliner of the Year" in 2016 by Berliner Morgenpost and the 104.6 RTL radio station.^[4]^[5]

Political career

Prior to entering the Abgeordnetenhaus Bertram was a member of The Left Tempelhof-Schöneberg committee. Bertram unsuccessfully contested the Tempelhof-Schöneberg 7 constituency at the 2016 Berlin state election. In February 2017 he was appointed to fill the vacancy following the resignation of Katrin Lompscher. He is The Left group spokesperson on sport ^[6]

Bertram has been involved with the Queer group within The Left.

References

^ "Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin – Bertram, Philipp". www.parlament-berlin.de. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ "Warum die Flüchtlingshilfe mehr Geld benötigt". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Berlin. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ V., ASB Landesverband Berlin e. (24 October 2017). "Auf Wiedersehen Philipp Bertram". www.asb-berlin.de. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ Abel, Andreas (3 January 2016). "Berliner Morgenpost und 104.6 RTL ehren Flüchtlingshelfer". Berliner Morgenpost. Berlin. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ Abel, Andreas; Schulze, Rita (4 January 2016). ""Er hat von Anfang an die Ärmel hochgekrempelt"". Berliner Morgenpost. Berlin. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ "Philipp Bertram". www.linksfraktion.berlin. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

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