Heribert Hirte | |
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_01.jpg) Hirte in 2020 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2013–2021 | |
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| Born | (1958-03-31)31 March 1958 (age 67) |
| Political party | CDU |
| Alma mater | University of Cologne |
Heribert Hirte (born 31 March 1958) is a Germanlegal scholar and politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia from 2013 until 2021.[1]
Born inCologne,North Rhine-Westphalia, Hirte became a member of the Bundestag in the2013 German federal election, representing theCologne II district.[2] He was a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection and the Committee on European Affairs. In 2019, he took over as chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection after his predecessorStephan Brandner was voted out of office by all the other members of the committee.[3] He has also been chairing the Subcommittee on European Law since 2018.[4][5]
In addition to his committee assignments, Hirte was part of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Belgian Parliamentary Friendship Group. From 2019 until 2021, he was a member of the German delegation to theFranco-German Parliamentary Assembly.
Ahead of the2021 elections, Hirte failed to win his party's support for another candidacy in the Cologne II district; he was succeeded bySandra von Möller as the CDU candidate for the upcoming election.[6]
In June 2017, Hirte voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[10]
Ahead of the Christian Democrats'leadership election, Hirte publicly endorsed in 2020Armin Laschet to succeedAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.[11]
In September 2020, Hirte was one of 15 members of her parliamentary group who joinedNorbert Röttgen in writing anopen letter toMinister of the InteriorHorst Seehofer which called on Germany and other EU counties to take in 5000 immigrants who were left without shelter after fires gutted the overcrowdedMória Reception and Identification Centre on the Greek island ofLesbos.[12]
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