BSPC

Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference

Presidency

The 32nd BSPC unanimously appointed
Mr Henrik Berggren Møller,
Member of the Danish Folketinget
as President of the BSPC 2023-2024 and

Mr Johannes Schraps, Member of the German Bundestag as well as

Mr Wille Valve, Member of Ålands Lagting
as Vice-Presidents of the BSPC 2023-2024

CV of BSPC President Henrik Møller

CV of BSPC Vice-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

CV of BSPC Vice-President Wille Valve

2020 – Chairman of the Board of ÅHS, the Åland Health and Healthcare Organisation

2019– Member of the Åland Parliament, representing Moderat Samling för Åland. Head of the Åland delegation to the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Committee (BSPC). Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Social and Environmental Affairs.

2015-2019 Minister of Social Affairs and Health in the Government of Åland

2013-2015 Minister of Administrative Affairs in the Government of Åland

2011-2013 Member of the Åland Parliament, representing Moderat Samling för Åland. Head of the Åland delegation to the Nordic Council. Member of the Åland delegation to the BSPC (Baltic Sea Parliamentary Committee). Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal and Cultural affairs

2009-2011 Accredited assistant of MEP Carl Haglund (FI / ALDE), responsible for matters relating to the Åland Islands.

2009 Head of the Åland Islands Mediation office, part-time researcher at the Åland Islands Peace Institute.

2007-2008 Copywriter at the marketing department of Ålandsbanken

1999-2006 Studies at Åbo Akademi University. Graduated with a Master’s degree in International Law and a Bachelor’s degree in the Russian language and literature.
Exchange student at the State University of Petrozavodsk, trainee at the Information office of the Nordic Council of Ministers in St. Petersburg. Politically active for student’s rights.

Positions of trust:

2015– Member of the Municipality Council of Jomala
2011– Vice Chairman of Moderat Samling för Åland
2012-2016 Board member of the RCNUWC (Red Cross Nordic United World College)
2008-2009 Chairman of the Committee on Library and Cultural affairs, municipality of Jomala
2008-2009 Permanent member of the jury at the district court of Åland.

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