Bundesrat, Henkel was a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs, the Defense Committee and the German delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD following the 2013 federal elections, Henkel was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on internal and legal affairs, led by Hans-Peter Friedrich and Thomas Oppermann. In December 2015, Henkel presided over the CDU's 2014 national convention in Berlin. Henkel again led his party in the 2016 state elections. Ahead of the vote, he regularly polled behind his Social Democrat counterpart, incumbent Mayor Michael Müller. His party ended up falling from 23 per cent in 2011 to 17.6 per cent, its lowest result in Berlin. Henkel was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017. Other activities (selection) Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Member of the Supervisory Board (-2016) Olympiastadion Berlin, Member of the Supervisory Board (-2016) Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR), Member of the Board of Trustees Technical University of Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (-2016) Hertha BSC, Member References External links Frank Henkel at the official website of CDU Faction Berlin 1963 births Living people Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Senators of Berlin Members of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin People from East Berlin 21st-century German politicians Berlin School of Economics and Law alumni