Enak Ferlemann
Professional Activities
1995 to 2009
Managing partner of an economic consulting company
Political career
Since 1986
Member of the City Council of Cuxhaven
1991 to 2009
Since 1986
Member of Cuxhaven Town Council
Since 1991
Leader of the CDU group on Cuxhaven Town Council
Since 1991
Member of Cuxhaven District Council
Since 1995
Chairman of the Cuxhaven district branch of the CDU
Since 1999
Chairman of the Stade regional branch of the CDU for the Elbe-Weser region
Since 1999
Member of the CDU Executive Committee in the State of Lower Saxony
Since 2001
Chairman of the Committee for Regional Planning, the Economy and Tourism of Cuxhaven District Council
Since 2002
Member of the German Bundestag
2002 – 2009
Regular Member of the Transport, Building and Urban Development Committee
2003 – 2005
Chairman of the National CDU‘s Structural Policy Committee
2005 – 2009
Leader of the group of parliamentarians from Lower Saxony in the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag
Deputy member of the Budget Committee
2006 – 2009
Member of the National CDU‘s Commission on the Development of Eastern Germany
2007 – 2009
Chairman of the “Condition of the railway infrastructure and ensuring efficient and safe railway infrastructure for the future” Sub-Committee
2009 – 2013
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development with responsibility for railways, waterways, shipping, federal buildings, building law, planning law and public procurement law
Since 2013
Leader of the group of parliamentarians from Lower Saxony in the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag
17 December 2013 – 24 October 2017
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
24 October 2017 – 14 March 2018
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Since 14 March 2018
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Federal Government Commissioner for Rail Transport