Reinhard Houben | |
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_02.jpg) Houben in 2020 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2017–2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-04-29)29 April 1960 (age 65) |
| Political party | FDP |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Siegen |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Reinhard Houben (born 29 April 1960) is a German politician of theFree Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2025.[1]
Houben graduated in business administration in Siegen in 1983 with a degree in business administration. Since 1984 he has been managing partner of Arnold Houben GmbH, a medium-sized trading company inCologne’s Rodenkirchen district.
Houben has been a member of the FDP since 1983. On a local level, he served on the city council of Cologne from 1989 until 1994 and from 2009 until 2017.
Houben became a member of the Bundestag in the2017 German federal election. From January 2018, he was a member of the Committee for Economic Affairs and Energy, where he was his parliamentary group’s spokesperson on economic policy.[2]
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalition of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD), theGreen Party and the FDP following the2021 German elections, Houben was part of his party's delegation in the working group on economic affairs, co-chaired byCarsten Schneider,Cem Özdemir andMichael Theurer.[3]
In September 2024, Houben announced that he would not stand in the2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[4]
