Heribert Hirte

Heribert Hirte (born 31 March 1958) is a German legal scholar and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.[1]

Heribert Hirte
Heribert Hirte in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1958-03-31) 31 March 1958
Köln, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU

Political career

Born in Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hirte became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[2] He is a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection and the Committee on European Affairs. He has also been chairing the Subcommittee on European Law since 2018.[3][4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Hirte is part of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Belgian Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since 2019, he has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.

Other activities

Political positions

In June 2017, Hirte voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[6]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2020, Hirte publicly endorsed Armin Laschet to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party’s chair.[7]

References
  1. "Heribert Hirte | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  2. "Prof. Dr. Heribert Hirte". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  3. "German Bundestag - Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  4. "German Bundestag - Committee on European Union Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  5. Tim Attenberger (June 7, 2018), Kölner Stadtwerke: Oberbürgermeisterin Reker soll Aufsichtsrat leiten Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.
  6. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  7. AKK-Rückzug: Diese Nachfolger wünschen sich Christdemokraten aus Köln und der Region Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, February 10, 2020.


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