Peter Heidt | |
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| Member of theBundestag forHesse | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Nicola Beer |
| Constituency | FDP List |
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| Born | (1965-04-28)28 April 1965 (age 60) |
| Political party | FDP |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Gießen |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Peter Heidt (born 28 April 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of theFree Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of theBundestag from the state ofHesse since 2019.[1]
After graduating from high school in 1984, Heidt did his military service and began studying law at theJustus 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.
In the2017 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 toNicola Beer who had resigned to move to theEuropean Parliament.[2]
In parliament, Heidt is a member of theCommittee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid and of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment.[3] Since the2021 elections, he has been serving as his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for human rights and humanitarian aid.[4]
In 2023, Heidt co-founded the Cross-Party Parliamentary on the Situation of theUyghurs.[5]
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