Willi Brase (born 10 October 1951 in Petershagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician and member of the SPD.
Willi Brase is married with two children and is a Protestant. Brase attended elementary school in Quetzen from 1958-1966. He then went to school, for three years, for business training in wholesale and foreign trade. Next, he went to Technical College from 1969-1971, and moved onto study social education at Niederrhein University of Applied Science. • 1971 – Military Service • 1972 Alternative Service • 1979-1981- Brase was a social worker at the Youth Office of Monchengladbach A politician of the social democratic party (SPD) of Germany. As of September 30, 2012, Willi Brase resigned from the office of DGB Region Chairman. In 1976 he was a member of Verdi. 1989 to 1994 he was the chairman of the DGB district of Siegen-Wittgenstein. From 1994 until September 30, 2012 he was DGB Region Chairman of Siegen-Wittgenstein-Olpe. Brase’s plan now is to focus strictly on Berlin and run for a party in parliament in October 2012.