Axel Voss (CDU), born in 1963, attorney since 1994. From 1994 to 2000, he was a citizens' advisor at the EU Commission Representation in Germany and from 2000 to 2009 a lecturer in European Affairs at the RheinAhrCampus of Koblenz University of Applied Sciences. He has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2009. There he represents the Middle Rhine region, which includes the cities of Cologne, Bonn and Leverkusen as well as the districts of Rhein-Sieg and Rhein-Erft.