Oliver Helm
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://berlin.piratenpartei.de/2011/08/15/oliver-hofinghoff/
- ↑ http://wiki.piratenpartei.de/BE:Kandidaten/2011/AHW/Urban_Pirate#Curriculum_Vitae
- ↑ a b c Fabian Reinbold: New Oberpirat Höfinghoff: Aufräumer von der Antifa. In: Spiegel Online . June 12, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Controversial employment relationship: Pirat Höfinghoff ends contract with partner. In: tagesspiegel.de . Retrieved July 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Martin Kröger: Höfinghoff is leaving the pirates. new germany, September 21, 2014, accessed on September 22, 2014 .
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Bert Schulz: Pirate converts to the Left Party. taz Online , accessed on March 9, 2017 .
- ^ Acquittal for ex-pirate Höfinghoff , Berliner Zeitung of April 28, 2015
- ↑ District Office Pankow: Office of the District Mayor and Stabsstelle , berlin.de, as of January 30, 2017, accessed: March 12, 2016
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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 |