Johannes Volkmann
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Parents: Walter Kohl, Christine Volkmann
Johannes Volkmann | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2025 | |
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| Born | 11 December 1996 |
| Party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Relations | Grandfather: Helmut Kohl, Parents: Walter Kohl, Christine Volkmann |
| Alma mater | Zeppelin University (B.A.), University of Oxford, St Antony's College (M.Sc.) |
| Profession | Economist, Sinologist |
| Website | www |
Johannes Benedikt Volkmann (born 11 December 1996) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since 2025, he has been a Member of the German Bundestag.[1]
Volkmann was born in Cologne and raised in Lahnau. He is the son of Walter Kohl and academic Christine Volkmann. His grandfather is the former Chancellor Helmut Kohl. After graduating from the Landgraf-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Gießen in 2014, he studied sociology, Politics and Economics at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen.[2][3] During his bachelor's he spent one semester at Tongji University Shanghai and one at Peking University. He received a scholarship from the Evangelisches Studienwerk and studied in courses abroad at Belarusian State University in Minsk and Irkutsk National Research Technical University with the German Academic Exchange Service. In 2020 he graduated with a master's degree in Contemporary Chinese Studies from the University of Oxford (St Antony's College).[4][5][6]
From 2020 to 2025 he served as the Chief of Staff to the Member of the European Parliament Sven Simon, serving as Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs in Brussels. During this time he worked on a revision of the Lisbon Treaty, a revised European electoral law and the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement.[7][8]
