Petra Hinz MdB a.D. | |
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 Hinz in 2013 | |
| Member of theBundestag forNorth Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 22 October 2013 – 31 August 2016 | |
| Preceded by | multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Jürgen Coße |
| Constituency | Social Democratic Party List |
| In office 18 October 2005 – 22 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Hans-Günter Bruckmann [de] |
| Succeeded by | Matthias Hauer |
| Constituency | Essen III |
| Member of theEssen City Council for District III | |
| In office 1989–2005 | |
| Preceded by | multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | multi-member district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-06-10)10 June 1962 (age 63) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party(1980–2016) |
| Residence | Essen-Margarethenhöhe |
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Petra Hinz (born 10 June 1962 inEssen) is a German politician and impostor. She is a member of theSPD. Since 2005, Hinz has been an MP of the GermanBundestag.[1] She resigned from her Bundestag seat after a CV scandal with effect of 1 September 2016.[2]
Hinz left school with a university of applied sciences entrance qualification in 1983, and afterwards completed a year of internship at a local bank (Sparkasse) and a vocational training as a presenter from 1985 to 1987. From 1999 to 2003 she worked as a real estate manager. Hinz has been a SPD member since 1980 and worked for the party since 1982 in different positions, such as vice district chairwoman. From 1989 to 2005 she was a member of the Essen city council.[1]
Hinz made headlines after allegations that she bullied her employees and faked essential parts of hercurriculum vitae (CV), falsely claiming that she took her A-levels in 1984 and studied Law and Political Science for ten years from 1985 to 1995. Hinz admitted that she faked her CV.[3] She resigned from her Bundestag mandate only after growing public pressure on 24 August 2016, but because of a formal error her request was considered as preliminary invalid by the Bundestag administration. On 30 August, it was reported that the resignation of her Bundestag seat with effect of 1 September 2016 was now formally accepted.[2] Hinz also announced that she will resign from the SPD party until 5 September 2016, after the party had initiated internal proceedings against her.[3] The case of Petra Hinz was viewed as a "disaster" for the SPD party.[4]
