Christoph Hoffmann (politician)

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Christoph Hoffmann (born December 9, 1957 in Schliengen ) is a German forest scientist and politician ( FDP ). He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2017 .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1977, Christoph Hoffmann studied forest sciences at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau , graduating as a qualified forest scientist in 1983. He then completed the preparatory service for a forestry career with a state examination in 1985 with the state of Baden-Württemberg. After completing a doctoral degree in forest genetics at the University of Berkeley , Hoffmann received his doctorate in 1994 from the University of Göttingen. He was deployed in various projects and positions in the Baden-Württemberg forest administration. In 2007 he was elected mayor of the municipality of Bad Bellingen in Markgräflerland and was re-elected in 2015.

politics

Hoffmann was Mayor of Bad Bellingen from 2007 to 2017 and a member of the board of the Baden-Württemberg Municipal Council .

For the 2017 federal election , Hoffmann stood as an FDP candidate in the constituency of Lörrach - Müllheim and entered the 19th German Bundestag via rank 10 on the FDP Baden-Württemberg state list . There he is chairman of the parliamentary advisory council for sustainable development. He is also a member of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development , substitute member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture , Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Central Africa , a member of the Parliamentary Group Ukraine and member of Parliament circles rail and air traffic and rail traffic. For the Group of Free Democrats Hoffmann is the development policy spokesman.

Private

Hoffmann is married and has one child.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Behrendt: Bad Bellingen's mayor goes to the Bundestag for the FDP. In: Badische Zeitung, September 26, 2017; accessed on October 27, 2017
  2. ^ German Bundestag - Biographies. Retrieved July 5, 2020 .
  3. ^ German Bundestag - Biographies. Retrieved July 5, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German forest scientist and politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Schliengen