Torsten Herbst
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Torsten Herbst | |
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 Herbst in 2017 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
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| Born | 22 August 1973 Dresden,East Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | FDP |
| Alma mater | Dresden University of Applied Sciences |
Torsten Herbst(born 22 August 1973) is a German politician of theFree Democratic Party(FDP) who has been serving as a member of theBundestagfrom the state ofSaxonysince 2017.[1]In 2021, he was electedwhipof the FDP parliamentary group.
Early life and education
[edit]Torsten Herbst grew up in the Zschertnitz district ofDresden,where he attended the "Gottfried Semper" polytechnic secondary school and later the Dresden-Plauen grammar school. He did his civilian service in a hospital. He then studied economics at theUniversity of Applied Sciences in Dresden,graduating with a degree in International Business Studies. During his studies he also attendedLiverpool John Moores Universityin 1995/96.[2]
After graduating, he worked as an editorial assistant atMitteldeutscher Rundfunkand later in the press office of ADAC Sachsen. From 1999 until he entered the Bundestag, he worked for the Dresden-based advertising and PR agency Zastrow + Zastrow. In this role, he advised medium-sized companies on strategic marketing and public relations. He continued to practise his profession to a limited extent during his time as a member of the Landtag.
Political career
[edit]Torsten Herbst was a founding member of the Young Liberal Action Saxony (Jungliberale Aktion Sachsen, JuliA) in the post-reunification period and its state chair from 1997 to 2000. He was elected deputy state chair of the FDP Saxony in 1999, was secretary general of the FDP Saxony from 2005 to 2019, and has been its treasurer since 2019. Since 2019, he has also been a member of the federal executive committee of the FDP.[3]
In 1999, Herbst was elected deputy state chairman of the FDP in Saxony, and from 2005 to 2019, he was secretary general of the state association, under the leadership of chairmanHolger Zastrow.[4]From 2004 to 2014, he was a member of theState Parliament of Saxony.
Herbst became a member of the Bundestag in the2017 German federal election.He has since been serving on the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure. Since 2019, he has also been a member of the federal executive committee of the FDP, under the leadership of chairChristian Lindner.[5]
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalitionof theSocial Democratic Party(SPD), theGreen Partyand the FDP following the2021 German elections,Herbst was part of his party's delegation in the working group on economic affairs, co-chaired byCarsten Schneider,Cem ÖzdemirandMichael Theurer.[6]
Other activities
[edit]- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway(BNetzA), Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council[7]
References
[edit]- ^"Torsten Herbst | Abgeordnetenwatch".abgeordnetenwatch.de(in German).Retrieved2020-03-15.
- ^"Deutscher Bundestag - Torsten Herbst".Deutscher Bundestag(in German).Retrieved2023-11-27.
- ^"Landesvorstand".FDP Sachsen(in German).Retrieved2020-03-15.
- ^Sachsens FDP-Spitzenkandidat - Torsten HerbstMitteldeutscher Rundfunk,7 September 2021.
- ^Bundesparteitag: Dresdner Torsten Herbst in den FDP-Bundesvorstand gewähltMitteldeutscher Rundfunk,May 15, 2021.
- ^Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021),SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-KoalitionWestdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^Members of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory CouncilFederal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway(BNetzA).
External links
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- Official website(in German)
- Bundestag biography(in German)
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