Christoph Meyer
Christoph Meyer | |
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 Christoph Meyer in 2017 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 August 1975 Berlin,West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | FDP |
| Alma mater | |
Christoph Meyer(born 3 August 1975) is a German lawyer and politician of theFree Democratic Party(FDP) who has been serving as a member of theBundestagfrom the state ofBerlinsince 2017.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Meyer attended the Walther-Rathenau-Gymnasium in Berlin-Grunewald and graduated from high school in 1994. He then completed an apprenticeship as a banker atDresdner Bankin Berlin. From 1996, he studied law at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) as well as at the Free University of Berlin and passed his first state examination in 2004. In 2007 he passed the Second State Examination in Law and was admitted to the bar in Berlin in 2008.
From 2012 until 2017, Meyer worked forDeutsche Rockwool.
Political career
[edit]Meyer has been a member of the FDP since 1993. From 2002 to 2011, he served as a member of theState Parliament of Berlin.He chaired his party's parliamentary group from 2009 until 2011.[2]
Member of the German Parliament, 2017–present
[edit]Meyer first became a member of the Bundestag in the2017 German federal election.[3]In parliament, he is a member of the Budget Committee. In this capacity, he has served as his parliamentary group'srapporteuron theannual budgetof theFederal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youthand theFederal Ministry of Education and Research(2018–2020, 2022–present).
Ahead of the2021 elections,Meyer was elected to lead the FDP's campaign in Berlin.[4]
Since 2021, Meyer has been serving as one of six deputy chairpersons of the FDP parliamentary group under the leadership of its chairmanChristian Dürr,where he oversees the group's activities on financial policy.[5]
Other activities
[edit]- Deutsche Rockwool,Member of the Advisory Board (since 2017)
- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board[6]
References
[edit]- ^"Christoph Meyer | Abgeordnetenwatch".abgeordnetenwatch.de(in German).Retrieved15 March2020.
- ^Stefan Alberti and Gereon Asmuth (19 March 2010),Berlins designierter FDP-Chef Christoph Meyer: "Mit den Grünen, das wäre spannend"Die Tageszeitung.
- ^"Abgeordnete".Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag(in German).Retrieved15 March2020.
- ^Robert Kiesel (26 February 2021),Dreikampf um Platz 3: Christoph Meyer führt Berliner FDP in die BundestagswahlDer Tagesspiegel.
- ^FDP-Fraktion: Wahl des Fraktionsvorstands und Vorsitzende BundestagsausschüsseFDP Parliamentary Group, press release of 7 December 2021).
- ^Parliamentary Advisory BoardGerman Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF).
External links
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- Official website(in German)
- Bundestag biography(in German)
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