Stephan Thomae | |
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 Thomae in 2012 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2017–2025 | |
| In office 2009–2013 | |
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| Born | (1968-06-19)19 June 1968 (age 57) |
| Political party | FDP |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Stephan Thomae (born 19 June 1968) is a German lawyer and politician of theFree Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBavaria from 2009 to 2013 and again from 2017 to 2025.[1]
After graduating from the humanistic Carl-von-Linde-Gymnasium Kempten, Thomae did his military service. He then studied history and law, which he completed in 1993 as Magister Artium and in 1995 with the first state examination in law.
Since Thomae passed his second state examination in 1998, he has been working as a lawyer.
Thomae first became a member of the Bundestag in the2009 German federal election. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection; its Subcommittee on European Affairs; the Budget Committee; and the Audit Committee.
Thomae became a member of the Bundestag again in the2017 German federal election.[2] He served as deputy chairman of the FDP parliamentary group under the leadership of chairmanChristian Lindner.[3] He also joined the Committee for the Scrutiny of Acoustic Surveillance of the Private Home and theParliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence servicesBND,BfV andMAD.
In addition to his committee assignments, Thomae was part of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalition of theSocial Democrats (SPD), theGreen Party and the FDP following the2021 federal elections, Thomae led his party's delegation in the working group on children, youth and families; his co-chairs from the other parties areSerpil Midyatli andKatrin Göring-Eckardt.[4]
From 2022, Thomas served on the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely theFederal Court of Justice (BGH), theFederal Administrative Court (BVerwG), theFederal Fiscal Court (BFH), theFederal Labour Court (BAG), and theFederal Social Court (BSG).[5] That same year, he joined the Commission for the Reform of the Electoral Law and the Modernization of Parliamentary Work, co-chaired byJohannes Fechner andNina Warken.[6]
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