Anton Hofreiter
Anton Hofreiter | |
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Chair of the Committee on European Affairs | |
Assumed office 15 December 2021 | |
Preceded by | Gunther Krichbaum |
Leader of the Alliance 90/The Greens in the Bundestag | |
In office 8 October 2013 – 7 December 2021 Serving with Katrin Göring-Eckardt | |
Preceded by | Jürgen Trittin |
Succeeded by | Katharina Dröge |
Chair of the Transport, Construction and Urban Development Committee | |
In office 8 June 2011 – 8 October 2013 | |
Preceded by | Winfried Hermann |
Succeeded by | Martin Burkert |
Member of the Bundestag for Bavaria | |
Assumed office 18 September 2005 | |
Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
Personal details | |
Born | Anton Gerhard Hofreiter 2 February 1970 Munich, Bavaria, West Germany |
Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Profession | Politician, biologist |
Website | toni-hofreiter |
Anton "Toni" Hofreiter (born 2 February 1970) is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2005 elections.
Political career
As a member of Alliance 90/The Greens, Hofreiter has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2005 elections. Between 2005 and 2013, he served as member of the Committee on Transport, Building and Urban Development; he served as chairman of the committee from 2011 until 2013. He was also member of the German-Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Hofreiter served as co-chair of the Green Party's parliamentary group, together with Katrin Göring-Eckardt from October 2013 to December 2021.[1] In 2013, he was elected unopposed as the sole candidate of the group's left faction.[2] In September 2019, both Hofreiter and Göring-Eckardt were unsuccessfully challenged by Cem Özdemir and Kirsten Kappert-Gonther.[3]
In 2011, Hofreiter joined
Since the 2021 elections, Hofreiter has been serving as chairman of the Committee on European Affairs.[5] In addition to his committee assignments, he has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2022.[6]
Political positions
Human rights
Following 2012 reports by
In January 2015, Hofreiter criticized a decision by police in the eastern city of Dresden to ban an anti-Islam march after death threats toward an organizer, slamming the move as a worrying restriction on freedom of speech.
European integration
In a 2014 debate on a reform of the voting rules in the
Other activities
- Denkwerk Demokratie, Member of the Advisory Board
- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
References
- Spiegel Online, 8. Oktober 2013.
- ^ Quentin Peel (8 October 2013), Germany Greens set to test waters for possible CDU coalition Financial Times.
- ^ "Den Versuch war's wert" (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ The Federal Government's refusal to provide information on the Deutsche Bahn AG and financial market supervision was unlawful Federal Constitutional Court, press release no. 94/2017 of 7 November 2017.
- ^ Jonas Schaible (6 December 2021), Kein Platz im Kabinett: Hofreiter soll Vorsitz im Europaausschuss übernehmen Der Spiegel.
- ^ Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly Bundestag.
- ^ Quentin Peel (8 October 2013), [1] Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 12 November 2012.
- ISSN 0099-9660.
- ^ "Bund übernimmt pro Flüchtling und Monat 670 Euro". 24 September 2015.
- EurActiv, 19 June 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Biography (FAZ.net, October 2013)