Presidency
The 29th BSPC unanimously appointed
Mr Pyry Niemi,
Member of the Swedish Parliament
as President of the BSPC 2020-2021
CV of BSPC President Pyry Niemi
Current assignments
Member of Parliament
Ordinary member
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Member
Committee on Cultural Affairs
Deputy member
Committee on European Union Affairs
Member
The Swedish Delegation to the Nordic Council
Member
Chair
All assignments
Member of Parliament
Ordinary member 2010-10-04 – 2022-09-26
Committee on Environment and Agriculture
Deputy member 2014-10-07 – 2018-09-24
Member 2010-10-12 – 2014-09-29
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Member 2018-10-02 – 2022-09-26
Member 2014-10-07 – 2018-09-24
Committee on Defence
Deputy member 2010-10-12 – 2014-09-29
Committee on Cultural Affairs
Deputy member 2018-10-02 – 2022-09-26
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
Deputy member 2019-05-09 – 2019-06-12
Deputy member 2018-11-15 – 2018-12-05
Deputy member 2018-05-15 – 2018-06-14
Deputy member 2017-11-14 – 2017-12-15
Deputy member 2017-05-02 – 2017-06-14
Member 2016-11-15 – 2016-12-14
Deputy member 2016-04-12 – 2016-05-25
Deputy member 2015-11-17 – 2015-12-16
Deputy member 2015-04-14 – 2015-06-16
Deputy member 2014-11-20 – 2014-12-17
Committee on European Union Affairs
Member 2015-10-21 –
Deputy member 2015-03-26 – 2015-10-21
Member 2010-10-12 – 2014-10-07
The Swedish Delegation to the Nordic Council
Member 2014-10-07 – 2019-10-31
Chair 2018-12-04 –
Member 2018-10-24 – 2018-12-04
The BSPC Standing Committee unanimously appointed on 16 November 2020
Mr Johannes Schraps,
Member of the German Bundestag
as Vice-President of the BSPC 2020-2021
CV of BSPC President Johannes Schraps
Born on the 17.08.1983 in Bad Pyrmont
Since October of 2017: Member of the German parliament (SPD). Member of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union and of the Finance Committee. Substitute Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the Budget Committee.
Chair of the German delegation of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference. Vice-President of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference
Education:
2003: Viktoria-Luise-Gymnasium in Hameln
2003-2008: University of Bielefeld:
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
2008-2011: University of Hamburg
Master of Arts in Political Science
2009-2010: Linné-University of Vaxjö, Sweden
Studies within the framework of the Erasmus program
Political Commitment
Since April 2015: Sub-regional Chair of SPD Hameln-Pyrmont Since 1999: Member of the SPD
Working experience:
10/2013 – 10/2017: German parliament (Berlin)
Political advisor
2011-11/2013: European parliament (Brussels) Parliamentary Assistant