Thomas Hitschler
Thomas Hitschler | |
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 Thomas Hitschler in 2013 | |
| Parliamentary State Secretary for Defense | |
| Assumed office 8 December 2021 Serving with Siemtje Möller | |
| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Minister | Christine Lambrecht Boris Pistorius |
| Preceded by | Peter Tauber |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 22 September 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Heinz Schmitt |
| Constituency | Südpfalz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 June 1982 Landau, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | SPD |
Thomas Hitschler (born 27 June 1982) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2013.[1]
In addition to his parliamentary work, Hitschler has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defence in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021.[2]
Political career
[edit]Hitschler became member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election,[3] representing the Südpfalz district. From 2014 until 2021, he was part of the Defence Committee, where he served as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the infrastructure of the Bundeswehr. From 2018 until 2021, he has also a member of the Committee on Home Affairs.[4][5] In 2020 he joined the Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany’s intelligence services BND, BfV and MAD.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Hitschler was part of the working group on foreign policy, led by Ursula von der Leyen, Gerd Müller and Sigmar Gabriel.
In addition to his committee assignments, Hitschler has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019.
For the 2021 elections, Hitschler was elected to lead the SPD campaign in Rhineland-Palatinate.[6] In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the elections, he was part of his party's delegation in the working group on homeland security, civil rights and consumer protection, co-chaired by Christine Lambrecht, Konstantin von Notz and Wolfgang Kubicki.[7]
In December 2023, Hitschler announced that he would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the term.[8]
Other activities
[edit]- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Member
References
[edit]- ^ "Thomas Hitschler | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Mike Szymanski (7 December 2021), Neue Bundesregierung: Auch die zweite Reihe steht Süddeutsche Zeitung.
- ^ "Thomas Hitschler, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Defence". German Bundestag. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on Internal Affairs and Community". German Bundestag. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Open-Air-Landesparteitag in Gensingen: Thomas Hitschler führt SPD-Landesliste für Bundestagswahl an Südwestrundfunk, June 5, 2021.
- ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^ Sabine Schilling (6 December 2023), SPD: Thomas Hitschler kandidiert nicht mehr für Bundestag Die Rheinpfalz.
External links
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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