Peter Hintze | |
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| Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of the CDU/CSU-faction) | |
| In office 22 October 2013 – 26 November 2016 | |
| President | Norbert Lammert |
| Preceded by | none(second VP-post for the CSU/CSU-group was created after the2013 election) |
| Succeeded by | Michaela Noll |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 1990–2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1950-04-25)25 April 1950 |
| Died | 26 November 2016(2016-11-26) (aged 66) |
| Political party |  German:Christian Democratic Union  EU:European People's Party |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Parson |
Peter Hintze (25 April 1950 – 26 November 2016) was a German politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the GermanBundestag from 1990 until his death in 2016.
From 2013 until 2016, Hintze was one of the six Vice Presidents of theBundestag.[1] He had previously been federal chairman of theEvangelical Working Group of the CDU/CSU from 1990 to 1992 and general secretary of the CDU from 1992 to 1998. He was also Vice President of theCentrist Democrat International.
Hintze served as a member of the German Bundestag from the1990 federal election. Between 1990 and 1992, he chaired theEvangelical Working Group of the CDU/CSU.
In 1991/1992, Hintze briefly served as Parliamentary State Secretary at theFederal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth under ministerAngela Merkel in thefourth cabinet ofChancellorHelmut Kohl.
During thenational election campaign in 1994 Hintze was the driving force behind theRote-Socken-Kampagne ("Red Socks Campaign"), a campaign which was directed against the left-wingPDS and the alleged possibility of a coalition between the PDS and theSocial Democratic Party. It is believed that theRote-Socken-Kampagne contributed to the electoral victory of the CDU andChancellorHelmut Kohl.
In autumn 2005, theBundestagswahl 2005 ended theGerhard Schröder era;Angela Merkel became chancellor ofa Union/SPD-cabinet. From 2005 to 2013, Hintze served as Parliamentary State Secretary at theFederal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Technology under ministersMichael Glos (2005–2009);Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (2009);Rainer Brüderle (2009–2011); andPhilipp Rösler (2011–2013) in thefirst andsecond cabinets ofChancellorAngela Merkel. Between 2007 and 2013, he was also the government’s Coordinator of Aerospace Policy.[citation needed]
From 2006, Hintze led the Bundestag group of CDU parliamentarians fromNorth Rhine-Westphalia, the largest delegation within the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.[citation needed]
In the negotiations to form acoalition government of the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and theFree Democratic Party (FDP) following the2009 federal elections, Hintze was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on foreign affairs, defense and development policy, led byFranz Josef Jung (CSU) andWerner Hoyer (FDP). Later, in the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition of Merkel's Christian Democrats and the SPD following the2013 German elections, he was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group onbank regulation and theEurozone, led byHerbert Reul andMartin Schulz.[citation needed]
In his capacity as vice-president, he was a member of the parliament’sCouncil of Elders, which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigning committee chairpersons based on party representation.[citation needed]
In 2015, Hintze appointedDiana Kinnert as his parliamentary chief of staff, which made her the youngest chief of staff in the history of the Bundestag.[2]
Hintze died fromcancer on 26 November 2016.[3] He was 66.
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