Ernst-Reinhard Beck
Ernst-Reinhard Beck (born 31 August 1945 in Stetten am kalten Markt, Baden-Württemberg) is a German politician and member of the conservative CDU.
A secondary school teacher by profession and former principal, Beck was a directly elected member of the Bundestag between 2002 and 2013, serving for the electoral district of Reutlingen.
Beck was spokesman on defense policy for the fraction of the Christian Democrats and chairman of the curators of the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.
Beck holds the rank of Colonel (retired) in the Army Reserves of the Bundeswehr. He has been president of the Verband der Reservisten der Deutschen Bundeswehr (German Reservist's Association) from 2003 until 2009. Beck is married since 1971. His brother Michael Beck is the mayor of Tuttlingen.
Awards and decorations
- Officer of the National Order of Merit (France)
- Knight of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France)
- Companion of the National Order of Merit (Malta)
- Bundeswehr Cross of Honour in Gold
- Staufer Medal of Baden-Württemberg
- Golden Badge of Honour of the Association of the German Armed Forces Reservists
- Command Medal of the Second Corps of the Bundeswehr
- 2013: Merit Cross on Ribbon (Verdienstkreuz am Bande)
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- People from Sigmaringen (district)
- Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg
- Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- Recipients of the Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr
- Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013
- Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009
- Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005
- Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
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