Thomas Gambke

Thomas Gambke is a retired German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens, who was a member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2017, effectively winning a seat in the 15th, 16th and 17th election. A diploma physician, Gambke worked for the Schott AG and later as an independent entrepreneur, prior to entering politics.

Early life and career Gambke was born on October 16, 1949 in Rimsting, at the Lake Chiemsee in Upper Bavaria. He visited a Volksschule in Mehlem (Bonn) and went to Gymnasium in Bad Godesberg (Bonn) and Gehrden. After graduating in 1968 and completing Basic military service, Gambke studied physics at the Technische Universität Darmstadt where he got his diploma in 1976, followed by a doctorate in 1981.

He worked as a research assistant at the Institut für Festkörperphysik (Institute for Solid State Physics) at the Technische Universität Darmstadt and did scientific work at the University of California, San Diego, From 1982, he was as a technology consultant at the in Berlin.

Private Life Gambke is married and has three children. He lives in Landshut.