Oliver Helm

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Oliver Höfinghoff (2013)

Oliver Helm , born Höfinghoff (born June 9, 1977 in Berlin-Friedrichshain ) is a German politician ; from 2011 to 2016 he was a member of the Berlin House of Representatives . From June 2013 to May 2014 he was chairman of the faction of the Pirate Party . Shortly afterwards he left the party, but remained a member of the faction. In 2016 he joined the party Die Linke .

education and profession

Helm attended the Ratsgymnasium Rheda-Wiedenbrück and trained as an industrial clerk at the Ems vocational college in Rheda-Wiedenbrück. He then worked in a textile company and served eight years in the non-commissioned officer -Laufbahn in the supply service of the Bundeswehr as a regular soldier . Two missions took him to Kosovo . In 2007 he started studying business administration at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences .

Helm worked for the website of the Bild newspaper ( bild.de ) until the election for the Berlin House of Representatives in 2011 .

He has been married to Anne Helm since September 1, 2018 , whose name he adopted.

Political career

Helm joined the Pirate Party in 2009. On September 18, 2011, he was elected as a list candidate in the Berlin House of Representatives, in his candidacy as a direct candidate for the constituency of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg 4 , he achieved 12.3 percent. In the House of Representatives he was a member of the special committee “Water Contracts” .

At the beginning of 2013, Helm came under internal party criticism because of the employment of his partner as an employee. Helm then ended the two-year legal employment relationship that had begun with moving into the House of Representatives in May 2013. A month later, Helm was elected parliamentary group chairman for one year together with Alexander Spies .

On September 18, 2014, Helm resigned from the Pirate Party, but retained his mandate in the House of Representatives. In 2016 he joined the party Die Linke , still a member of the pirate faction , but remained a member of the pirate faction until the end of the legislature.

Helm is also anti-fascist and is a member of the Red Aid .

In April 2015, Helm was acquitted of the charge of attacking three men from the right-wing scene with flagpoles and glass bottles. The judge ruled that the statement of the main witness , the chairman of the NPD von Pankow, was "completely unbelievable".

After the election to the Berlin House of Representatives in 2016 , he left parliament in October 2016.

Since the end of 2016 he has been working as an advisor to the Pankow District Mayor, Sören Benn .

Web links

Commons : Oliver Helm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://berlin.piratenpartei.de/2011/08/15/oliver-hofinghoff/
  2. ↑ http://wiki.piratenpartei.de/BE:Kandidaten/2011/AHW/Urban_Pirate#Curriculum_Vitae
  3. ↑ a b c Fabian Reinbold: New Oberpirat Höfinghoff: Aufräumer von der Antifa. In: Spiegel Online . June 12, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Controversial employment relationship: Pirat Höfinghoff ends contract with partner. In: tagesspiegel.de . Retrieved July 24, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Martin Kröger: Höfinghoff is leaving the pirates. new germany, September 21, 2014, accessed on September 22, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Oliver Höfinghoff changes the party: Ex-party leader of the pirates is now a member of the left. In: tagesspiegel.de . Retrieved July 24, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Bert Schulz: Pirate converts to the Left Party. taz Online , accessed on March 9, 2017 .
  8. ^ Acquittal for ex-pirate Höfinghoff , Berliner Zeitung of April 28, 2015
  9. ↑ District Office Pankow: Office of the District Mayor and Stabsstelle , berlin.de, as of January 30, 2017, accessed: March 12, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Helm, Oliver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Höfinghoff, Oliver (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (Pirate Party, Die Linke), MdA
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Friedrichshain