Grégory Engels

German politician (born 1976)

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Grégory Engels

Co-Chair of Pirate Parties International
In office
15 April 2012 – 13 March 2014

Serving with Lola Voronina (2012-2013)
Vojtěch Pikal (2013-2014)

Preceded by| Samir Allioui
Marcel Kolaja
Succeeded by| Maša Čorak
Koen de Voegt
In office
18 April 2010 – 13 March 2011

Serving with Jerry Weyer

Preceded by| Samir Allioui
Succeeded by| Samir Allioui
Marcel Kolaja
Personal details
Born|  (1976-11-01) 1 November 1976 (age 48)
Moscow, Russian SFSR
Nationality| German
Political party| Pirate Party Germany
Alma mater| Goethe University Frankfurt

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Grégory Engels (born 1 November 1976) is a German politician and activist. He has served three terms as Co-Chair of Pirate Parties International, and is also the Commissioner for International Cooperation within Pirate Party Germany.

## Early life and education

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Engels was born in Moscow, Russia.

## Political career

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### Pirate Party Germany

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Since 2009, Engels has been a member of Pirate Party Germany, and since November 2009 he has been the International Coordinator within the party. He is currently the Commissioner for International Cooperation.[1]

Engels was elected to the Offenbach am Main city council representing the Pirate Party in the 2011 German local elections and re-elected in 2016. Engels in his first term served as the leader of the Pirate Party Germany group on the city council.

### Pirate Parties International

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Engels was elected as the first Co-Chair of Pirate Parties International in April 2010, alongside Luxembourgian Jerry Weyer. He continued in this role until the 2011 conference. Engels was re-elected as a Co-Chair in April 2012, this time serving alongside Russian Lola Voronina. Engels was re-elected for a third term in 2013, serving alongside Czech Vojtěch Pikal. This means Engels has served the longest uninterrupted tenure as Co-Chair of Pirate Parties International, which is two years.

From 2014 to 2015, Engels served as a Boardmember, and since July 2015, he has been an Alternate Boardmember, that can fill vacancies in the Board when they arise. In November 2019 he became Vice Chair.

## Personal life

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Engels can speak English, German and Russian fluently. He is currently the CEO of Kompurity, a business partner of IBM.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Uber Gregory Engels". Piratenpartei Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 6 August 2015.
2. ^ "Gregory Engels". Admin Camp. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

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* Israel

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* Austria
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* Czech Republic
* Finland
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* Iceland
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* The Netherlands
* Norway
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* Slovenia
* Slovakia
* Spain
* Catalonia
* Galicia
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

People|

* Samir Allioui
* Slim Amamou
* Amelia Andersdotter
* Carlos Ayala
* Ivan Bartoš
* Angelika Beer
* Patrick Breyer
* Sven Clement
* Grégory Engels
* Christian Engström
* Rick Falkvinge
* Stefan Flod
* Jasmin Freigang
* Markéta Gregorová
* Martin Haase
* Dirk Hillbrecht
* Florian Hufsky
* Birgitta Jónsdóttir
* Laurence "Loz" Kaye
* Marcel Kolaja
* Bailey Lamon
* Ancilla van de Leest
* Christof Leng
* Jan Lipavský
* Smári McCarthy
* Sebastian Nerz
* Andrew Norton
* Mikuláš Peksa
* Dirk Poot
* Felix Reda
* Herbert Rusche
* Jens Seipenbusch
* Denis Simonet
* Anna Troberg
* Lola Voronina

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* Czechia
* Europe
* Germany
* Sweden

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