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Helmut Brandt
Helmut Brandt (born 24 October 1950) is a German politician, member of the CDU, and Legal Counsel ("Justiziar") for the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group. 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. 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
Party.
Brandt has belonged to the CDU since 1969 and is currently the Deputy Chairman of the CDU district association Aachen.
Public office.
Helmut Brandt belonged to the city council of Alsdorf from 1978 to 1994, where he was the local chairperson of the CDU until 1994. Helmut Brandt was mayor of Alsdorf from 1994 until 1999. Since 1999, he has been a member of the district council in the area surrounding Aachen. On June 28, 2005 Brandt took over Karl-Josepf Laumann's place in the