Peter Heidt

Peter Heidt (born 28 April 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2019.[1]

Peter Heidt
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1965-04-28) 28 April 1965
Frankfurt, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyFDP
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Gießen
OccupationLawyer

Early life and education

After graduating from high school in 1984, Heidt did his military service and began studying law at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen. In 1992, he passed the first and in 1995, after completing his legal clerkship in Gießen and Frankfurt, the second state examination. After having worked for two and a half years from 1989 to 1991 as assistant to a member of the state parliament in Wiesbaden, he has been working as an independent lawyer since 1997.

Political career

In the 2017 elections, Heidt was elected to seventh place on the FDP's list for Hesse. In July 2019 he became a member of the German Bundestag as successor to Nicola Beer who had resigned to move to the European Parliament.[2] In parliament, Heidt is a member of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid and a member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment.[3]

References
  1. "Peter Heidt | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. "FDP-Mann Peter Heidt rückt in Bundestag nach". Wetterauer Zeitung (in German). 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  3. "Abgeordnete". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
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