Christoph Hartmann (politician)

Christoph Georg Hartmann (born 21 May 1972) is a German politician who is a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).[1] From November 2009 until January 2012, he was the secretary to the Minister-president of Saarland and the Saarland Minister for Economy and Science.

Christoph Hartmann
MdL a. D. Landesminister a. D. MdBR a. D.
Deputy Minister-President of Saarland
In office
10 November 2009 – 18 January 2012
Minister-PresidentPeter Müller
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Preceded byPeter Jacoby
Succeeded byPeter Jacoby (Acting)
Minister of Economy and Science of Saarland
In office
10 November 2009 – 18 January 2012
Minister-PresidentPeter Müller
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Preceded byJoachim Rippel
Succeeded byPeter Jacoby (Acting)
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Saarland
In office
2002 – 9 November 2010
Preceded byKarl-Josef Jochem
Succeeded byOliver Luksic
Member of the Landtag of Saarland
In office
6 October 2004 – 24 April 2012
ConstituencyFDP List
Member of the Bundestag
for Saarland
In office
17 October 2002 – 1 November 2004
Preceded byUta Würfel (1994)
Succeeded byKarl Addicks
ConstituencyFDP List
Personal details
Born (1972-05-21) 21 May 1972 (age 52)
Essen, Germany
Political partyFDP

Education and profession

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After leaving school in 1991 he completed his military service, and then trained as a Bank Manager.[2] He studied Business Administration in Vienna, Munich and Saarbrücken, gaining his diploma in 2000. 2006 he gained his PhD in Information Science from Saarland University.[3]

Political career

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In 1992 Hartmann joined the FDP. Initially he was involved in the Young Liberals, of which he was regional chair from 1997 to 1999. Between 1996 until 2005 he was the Chairman of the Homburg local party of the FDP. After serving as General Secretary of the Saarland FDP from 1998 to 2002, he was elected Chairman of the regional party. On 9 November 2010 he resigned this position.[4] From 1999 he has served on the FDP national board.

Elected positions

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From 2002 until his resignation on 1 November 2004, Hartmann was a member of the German National Parliament (Bundestag).[1] Here he was at this time educational policy spokesman of the FDP parliamentary group. He was the Saarland FDP representative in the Bundestag for eight years.[citation needed]

Hartmann resigned his seat in the national parliament, since he had been elected to the Regional Parliament of Saarland in 2004 where he served as chairman of the FDP parliamentary group.

From 10 November 2009 to 18 January 2012 he was Minister of Economics and Science of Saarland and Deputy Prime Minister in the first Jamaica coalition at state level.

Personal life

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Hartmann is married with two children and lives in Dudweiler.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hartmann, Christoph Georg". webarchiv.bundestag.de. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Christoph Hartmann - Profil bei abgeordnetenwatch.de". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Press release". Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  4. ^ Hartmann und Hinschberger treten ab Archived 10 September 2012 at archive.today Artikel auf SR-Online vom 10. November 2010
  5. ^ "Ihre Frau hat eine gute Wahl getroffen" Artikel der Saarbrücker Zeitung vom 17. März 2011
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