Editing Ralf Brauksiepe

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Dr. Ralf Brauksiepe was born on March 14th, 1967 in Hattingen, Germany. He is an economist , and currently works as a parliamentary state secretary for the Federal Minister of Defense, as well as an economic assistant.

== Political Career ==

Brauksiepe has been a member of the CDU since 1983. From 1996 to 2000, he has been the chairman of the North-Rhine Westphalia chapter of the Junge Union (JU), the youth organization of the CDU. From 1995 onward, he worked as the county chair of the CDU in Ennepe-Ruhr. He has been the vice-chair of CDA (Christian-Democratic Worker Association) since 2003. Between 2007 to 2009, he was the president of the Atlantic Association of Young Political Leaders (AAYPL). 

He has been a member of the Bundestag since 1998. 

== Education ==

He studied economic science from 1986 to 1990 at the Ruhr University Bochum and earned his doctorate in 1995. 

== External Links == 

http://www.ralf-brauksiepe.de/
https://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/bundestag/members18/biographies/B/brauksiepe_ralf/258218