Horst Friedrich (politician)
Horst Friedrich (born October 12, 1950 in Bayreuth ) is a German politician ( FDP ).
Life and work
After graduating from secondary school , Friedrich did an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at the Zapf company in Bayreuth . He then did his military service with the Mountain Infantry Battalion 231 . He then worked for his apprenticeship company for eleven years, including five years in the field of internal cost accounting and as head of human resources. During this time he completed further training as a business economist (VWA) at the Administration and Business Academy in Bayreuth. Since then, Friedrich has been working as a freelance sales representative.
Horst Friedrich is an Evangelical Lutheran , has been married since 1973 and has two children.
Political party
Friedrich has been a member of the FDP since 1984, from 1985 to 1995 he was the local chairman in Bayreuth , from 1987 to 1998 district treasurer and from 1998 to 2006 chairman of the district association of Upper Franconia . Furthermore, Horst Friedrich was deputy chairman of the FDP regional association of Bavaria from 2000 to 2009 . Since 1998 he has been chairman of the Bavarian FDP state committee for transport, construction and housing. He was also a member of the FDP federal executive from 2005 to 2007. He is chairman of the FDP Federal Committee on Transport Policy.
From 1995 to 2009 Friedrich was chairman of the Association of Liberal Men in Germany . V.
MP
From 1990 to 2009 Horst Friedrich was a member of the German Bundestag . Here he was since 1994 spokesperson on transport policy and since 1995 Chairman of Working Group V infrastructure and environment of the FDP - Bundestag faction . As chairman of working group V of the FDP parliamentary group, he was also a member of the extended parliamentary committee of the FDP parliamentary group. He was chairman of the regional group of Bavarian FDP members of the Bundestag.
Friedrich had been chairman of the German-Japanese parliamentary group since 1998 and also deputy chairman of the German-Slovenian parliamentary group. Until he left the Bundestag, he was also a member of the Railway Infrastructure Advisory Board at the Federal Network Agency and the Transrapid Parliamentary Discussion Group .
Horst Friedrich has always entered the Bundestag via the Bavarian State List . His constituency was Bayreuth . He did not run again for the 17th German Bundestag.
Documents about Friedrich's parliamentary activity are in the archive of liberalism of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Gummersbach .
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (September 22, 2001)
- Bavarian Order of Merit
- Order of the rising sun
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedrich, Horst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bayreuth |