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class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1973-10-21</span>) </span>21 October 1973<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 51)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Leer,_Lower_Saxony" title="Leer, Lower Saxony">Leer</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">Party of European Socialists</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Matthias Groote</b> (born 21 October 1973) is a German politician of the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party of Germany</a>. From 2005 until 2016, he served as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> and was a part of the Socialist Group in the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthias_Groote&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Groote was born in <a href="/wiki/Leer,_Lower_Saxony" title="Leer, Lower Saxony">Leer</a> and went to secondary school in Westrhauderfehn, taking the leaving exam in 1990. He was trained as an industrial engineer at <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Bahn" title="Deutsche Bahn">Deutsche Bahn</a> between 1991 and 1995, where he worked on plant design. In 1995 and 1996 he completed an alternate public service with the <a href="/wiki/German_Red_Cross" title="German Red Cross">German Red Cross</a>. Groote trained to become a technical engineer in 1999, became a qualified industrial engineer in 2005, and also became a sales engineer in 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthias_Groote&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Role_in_local_politics">Role in local politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthias_Groote&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Role in local politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Groote has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Ostrhauderfehn" title="Ostrhauderfehn">Ostrhauderfehn</a> local council since 1996, a member of the Leer district council since 2001, and the chair of the Ostrhauderfehn SPD council group since 2001. He first became a member of the Social Democratic Party in 1996 and has been a member of the Leer SPD District Executive since 1997. He was chair of the <a href="/wiki/Leer_(district)" title="Leer (district)">Leer District</a> Young Socialists from 1997 to 2002, vice-chair of the <a href="/wiki/Weser-Ems" title="Weser-Ems">Weser-Ems</a> District Young Socialists from 1999 to 2002, and has been a member of the Executive of the Weser-Ems Social-Democratic Association for Local Politics since 2003. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_the_European_Parliament,_2005–2016"><span id="Member_of_the_European_Parliament.2C_2005.E2.80.932016"></span>Member of the European Parliament, 2005–2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthias_Groote&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Member of the European Parliament, 2005–2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Groote served as a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> from 2005, when he took over the seat vacated by <a href="/wiki/Garrelt_Duin" title="Garrelt Duin">Garrelt Duin</a>. He has since been a member of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_Committee_on_the_Environment,_Public_Health_and_Food_Safety" title="European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety">Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety</a>. In this capacity, he participated in the <a href="/wiki/2007_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference" title="2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference">2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference</a> in held in <a href="/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/2008_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference" title="2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference">2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pozna%C5%84" title="Poznań">Poznań</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/2013_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference" title="2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference">2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference</a> in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference" title="2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference">2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference</a> in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also was his political group's shadow <a href="/wiki/Rapporteur" title="Rapporteur">rapporteur</a> for a 2008 report on including aviation within the <a href="/wiki/European_Union_Emission_Trading_Scheme" class="mw-redirect" title="European Union Emission Trading Scheme">European Union Emission Trading Scheme</a>. In 2012, he replaced fellow Social Democrat <a href="/wiki/Jo_Leinen" title="Jo Leinen">Jo Leinen</a> as chair of the committee,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a position he held until 2014. From 2014, he was the coordinator of the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">Group of Socialists and Democrats</a> in committee as well as the parliament's contact person for the <a href="/wiki/European_Medicines_Agency" title="European Medicines Agency">European Medicines Agency</a> (EMA). </p><p>In addition, Groote served as member of the Temporary Committee on Climate Change between 2007 and 2009 and of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_Committee_on_Constitutional_Affairs" title="European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs">Committee on Constitutional Affairs</a> between 2009 and 2012. He has also been part of the parliament's delegations with <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> (2005–2009) and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> (2009–2014). </p><p>Besides his committee assignments, Groote is a member of several cross-party groups, including the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources (EUFORES). </p><p>In January 2016, Groote announced his intention to run for the office of <i><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Germany" title="Districts of Germany">Landrat</a></i> in the <a href="/wiki/Leer_(district)" title="Leer (district)">District of Leer</a> and to resign from the European Parliament in the case of winning the local elections.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his election as <i>Landrat</i>, he left the European Parliament and was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Tiemo_W%C3%B6lken" title="Tiemo Wölken">Tiemo Wölken</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_activities">Other activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthias_Groote&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Medicines_Agency" title="European Medicines Agency">European Medicines Agency</a> (EMA), Member of the Management Board<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IG_Metall" title="IG Metall">IG Metall</a>, Member</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_Wind_Energy_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="German Wind Energy Association (page does not exist)">German Wind Energy Association</a> (BWE), Member</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gegen_Vergessen_%E2%80%93_F%C3%BCr_Demokratie" title="Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie">Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie</a></i>, Member</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthias_Groote&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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class="reference-text">Jennifer Rankin (26 November 2008), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.eu/article/meps-flock-to-poznan-meeting/">MEPs flock to Poznań meeting</a> <i><a href="/wiki/European_Voice" class="mw-redirect" title="European Voice">European Voice</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20131115IPR24738/climate-change-ep-delegation-to-attend-warsaw-summit">Climate change: EP delegation to attend Warsaw summit</a> <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>, press release of 15 November 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20151203IPR06170/cop21-climate-change-talks-meps-in-paris-to-push-for-2degc-target">COP21 climate change talks: MEPs in Paris to push for 2°C target</a> <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>, press release of 4 December 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Constant Brand (18 January 2012), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.eu/article/elmar-brok-returns-to-lead-foreign-affairs-committee/">Elmar Brok returns to lead foreign affairs committee</a> <i><a href="/wiki/European_Voice" class="mw-redirect" title="European Voice">European Voice</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Susanne Risius-Hartwig (15 January 2016), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.noz.de/lokales/westoverledingen/artikel/658954/leeraner-spd-setzt-auf-matthias-groote">Leeraner SPD setzt auf Matthias Groote</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Neue_Osnabr%C3%BCcker_Zeitung" title="Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung">Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/about-us/who-we-are/management-board/members">Members of the Management Board</a> <a href="/wiki/European_Medicines_Agency" title="European Medicines Agency">European Medicines Agency</a> (EMA).</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthias_Groote&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External 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title="Reimer Böge">Reimer Böge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmar_Brok" title="Elmar Brok">Elmar Brok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Caspary" title="Daniel Caspary">Daniel Caspary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birgit_Collin-Langen" title="Birgit Collin-Langen">Birgit Collin-Langen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Christian_Ehler" class="mw-redirect" title="Jan Christian Ehler">Jan Christian Ehler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Florenz" title="Karl-Heinz Florenz">Karl-Heinz Florenz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gahler" title="Michael Gahler">Michael Gahler</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stefan_Gehrold&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stefan Gehrold (page does not exist)">Stefan Gehrold</a> since 20 September 2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jens_Gieseke_(politician)" title="Jens Gieseke (politician)">Jens Gieseke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingeborg_Gr%C3%A4%C3%9Fle" title="Ingeborg Gräßle">Ingeborg Gräßle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Jahr" title="Peter Jahr">Peter Jahr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dieter-Lebrecht_Koch" title="Dieter-Lebrecht Koch">Dieter-Lebrecht Koch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werner_Kuhn_(politician)" title="Werner Kuhn (politician)">Werner Kuhn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werner_Langen" title="Werner Langen">Werner Langen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Liese" title="Peter Liese">Peter Liese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norbert_Lins" title="Norbert Lins">Norbert Lins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Mann_(German_politician)" title="Thomas Mann (German politician)">Thomas Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_McAllister" title="David McAllister">David McAllister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markus_Pieper" title="Markus Pieper">Markus Pieper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godelieve_Quisthoudt-Rowohl" title="Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl">Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Radtke" title="Dennis Radtke">Dennis Radtke</a> since 24 July 2017</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Reul" title="Herbert Reul">Herbert Reul</a> until 6 July 2017</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sven_Schulze" title="Sven Schulze">Sven Schulze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andreas_Schwab" title="Andreas Schwab">Andreas Schwab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renate_Sommer" title="Renate Sommer">Renate Sommer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabine_Verheyen" title="Sabine Verheyen">Sabine Verheyen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axel_Voss" title="Axel Voss">Axel Voss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainer_Wieland" title="Rainer Wieland">Rainer Wieland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Winkler" title="Hermann Winkler">Hermann Winkler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Zeller" title="Joachim Zeller">Joachim Zeller</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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