Facts: - footnotes: -lsb- http://www.helmut-brandt.de/ http://www.helmut-brandt.de/] - party: cdu - office: member of the bundestag - children: 2 - birth date: 24 october 1950 - term start: 18 june 2005 - name: helmut brandt - nationality: german - image: brandt , _ helmut-0617 . jpg - birth place: wurselen , north rhine-westphalia , - religion: roman catholic - occupation: politician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of helmut brandt .
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helmut brandt -lrb- born 24 october 1950 in bardenberg , wurselen , north rhine-westphalia -rrb- is a german politician , member of the cdu , and legal counsel -lrb- '' justiziar '' -rrb- for the cdu/csu parliamentary group .he has been a member of the bundestag since 28 june 2005 , when he replaced karl-josef laumann , who had been appointed a minister in north rhine-westphalia .brandt , a lawyer by training specialising in criminal law , was mayor of alsdorf in north rhine-westphalia from 1994 to 1999 , having been a councillor there since 1978 .