Knut Gerschau
German politician (born 1961)
Knut Gerschau (born 3 July 1961) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 2021 to 2025.2
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Born Jul 3, 1961.1
About
Gerschau is a past chairman of the board of the German Foundation for World Population (DSW) and state chairman of the Liberaler Mittelstand Lower Saxony.
Gerschau did not stand for re-election in the 2025 German federal election.
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Companies
Career
Occupation: entrepreneur, member of parliament, politician.5
- 2021 to 2025Member of the German Bundestag3 4
- Date not recordedChairperson, German Foundation for World Population3
Gerschau was born 1963 in the West German city of Bremen and grew up in Bremerhaven and, following his move to Wilhelmshaven, later earned his Abitur in Bremen. After completing his military service in Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein, Gerschau moved to Hanover.
In 1984 Knut Gerschau and Robert Kroth founded the Gerschau.Kroth.Werbeagentur. GmbH (now LEADS-Marketing) in Hanover. He has been their managing partner since the company was founded.
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Personal life
Politics
Knut Gerschau, a member of the 16th Federal Assembly participated in the election of the German Federal President on 12 February 2017.
He also holds several honorary offices:
Board member of the German Foundation for World Population (DSW) from 2010 to 2019.
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Rudolf von Bennigsen Foundation
Chairman of the Society of Friends of the Rudolf-von-Bennigsen-Foundation e. V.
State chairman of the Liberaler Mittelstand Niedersachsen e. V. (Liberal Middle Classes of Lower Saxony).
Gerschau is involved in Hanover in the district foundation Sahlkamp-Vahrenheide.
In 2021 he was elected as a member of the Bundestag. In 2024, Gerschau announced that he isn't seeking re-election for Bundestag.
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- 1WikidataKnut Gerschau on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKnut Gerschau on Wikipedia
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- 14Wikimedia CommonsKnut Gerschau photo by Michael Siebert, CC BY-SA 4.0