Thomas Rachel
Photo: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Member of the Bundestag (CDU)

Thomas Rachel

Party
CDU
Parliamentary group
CDU/CSU
In office since
25 Mar 2025
Constituency
89 - Düren
Born
17 May 1962, Birkesdorf
Occupation
MdB
Education
Studium der Politologie, der Geschichte und des Staatsrechts
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Mandates

Mandates

Every parliamentary term with a mandate, latest first.

Mandates: Thomas Rachel
TermGroupConstituencySeatPeriod
Bundestag 2025 - 2029CDU/CSU89 - Dürenconstituency seat25 Mar 2025 to 22 Feb 2029
Bundestag 2021 - 2025CDU/CSU90 - Dürenconstituency seat26 Oct 2021 to 24 Mar 2025
Bundestag 2017 - 2021CDU/CSU90 - Dürenconstituency seat24 Oct 2017 to 25 Oct 2021
Bundestag 2013 - 2017CDU/CSU90 - Dürenconstituency seat22 Oct 2013 to 24 Oct 2017
Bundestag 2009 - 2013CDU/CSU91 - Düren–27 Oct 2009 to 22 Oct 2013
Candidacies and constituency results

Candidacies and constituency results

First votes in the constituency and list position per election, from abgeordnetenwatch.de data.

Candidacies and constituency results: Thomas Rachel
ElectionConstituencyFirst votesRankListSeat
Bundestag Wahl 2025
23 Feb 2025
89 - Düren39.9% (64,996)1 of 7list position 9, Landesliste Nordrhein-Westfalen–
Bundestag Wahl 2021
26 Sep 2021
90 - Düren36.7%–list position 9, Landesliste Nordrhein-Westfalen–

Who else ran in Düren (Bundestag Wahl 2025)

The other candidates in the same constituency with their first-vote share where recorded; each with their own page.

Committees

Committees: Bundestag 2025 - 2029

  • Ausschuss für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung · member
  • Auswärtiger Ausschuss · member
Outside activities

Outside activities

Activities alongside the mandate subject to disclosure, income bracket under the parliament's rules.

  • Mitglied des Kuratoriums (ab 27.03.2026) · House of One
  • Mitglied des ASA-Programmbeirates · Engagement Global gemeinnützige GmbH
  • Angestellter, Rückkehrrecht (Tätigkeit vor der Mitgliedschaft im Deutschen Bundestag) · Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl (WV Stahl), Düsseldorf,
  • Mitglied des Kuratoriums, ehrenamtlich · Hermann Kunst-Stiftung zur Förderung der neutestamentlichen Textforschung
  • Mitglied des Zukunftsrates (bis 31.12.2025) · Westenergie AG
  • Mitglied des Kuratoriums, ehrenamtlich · Leo Baeck Stiftung
  • Mitglied der Konferenz Diakonie und Entwicklung, ehrenamtlich · Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung e.V. (EWDE)
  • Mitglied des Beirates, ehrenamtlich (bis Juni 2025) · DEval - Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit gemeinnützige GmbH
  • Mitglied des Beirates, ehrenamtlich · Vereinigung der Deutsch-Griechischen Gesellschaften e.V. (VDGG)
  • Mitglied des Rates, ehrenamtlich · Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD)
  • Stellv. Mitglied der Synode, ehrenamtlich · Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD)
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