Thomas Hacker | |
|---|---|
Hacker in 2020 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2017–2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1967-10-09)9 October 1967 (age 58) |
| Political party | FDP |
| Alma mater | University of Bayreuth |
| Occupation | Banker |
Thomas Hacker (born 9 October 1967) is a German tax consultant and politician of theFree Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBavaria from 2017 to 2025.[1]
Hacker was born inBayreuth. After high school graduation and military service, he completed an apprenticeship as a bank clerk and then studied business administration at theUniversity of Bayreuth, majoring in business taxation, finance and banking management.
From 2002 to 2016 Hacker was a partner in an auditing and tax consultancy firm based in Kulmbach.
Since 1995 Hacker has been a member of the FDP. From2008 until2013, he served as a member of theLandtag of Bavaria. During that period, he chaired the FDP parliamentary group.
Hacker was a member of the German Bundestag from 2017 to 2025, representing Bayreuth. In parliament, he was a member of the Committee on European Affairs and the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Media. He also served as his parliamentary group's spokesman on media policy.[2]
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalition of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD), theGreen Party and the FDP following the2021 federal elections, Hacker was part of his party's delegation in the working group on cultural affairs and media policy, co-chaired byCarsten Brosda,Claudia Roth andOtto Fricke.[3]