Overview

• The FDP confirmed that Marc Lürbke died on Saturday after a short, serious illness, weeks after he publicly disclosed a cancer diagnosis.
• Lürbke served in the NRW state parliament since 2012, most recently as deputy chair of the FDP parliamentary group and its interior policy spokesman.
• He also sat on the FDP’s state executive in North Rhine-Westphalia and led the party in Ostwestfalen-Lippe and in the Paderborn district.
• FDP state chairman Henning Höne mourned a highly regarded colleague, praising Lürbke’s long-standing commitment to security, rule of law and individual liberty.
• NRW Minister-President Hendrik Wüst expressed condolences to Lürbke’s family, noting particular sympathy for his two young sons.