2008. In March 2019, Lamers announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections and resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term. References External links Karl Lamers´ homepage Biography of Karl Lamers at the Bundestag (German parliament) website Biography of Karl Lamers at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly website 1951 births Living people People from Duisburg German Roman Catholics Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law people University of Münster alumni Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany