Heribert Hirte (born 31 March 1958) is a German legal scholar and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2013 until 2021.
Political career Born in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hirte became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Cologne II district. He was a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection and the Committee on European Affairs. In 2019, he took over as chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection after his predecessor Stephan Brandner was voted out of office by all the other members of the committee.Guy Chazan (13 November 2019), Leading AfD lawmaker ousted as committee chair Financial Times. He has also been chairing the Subcommittee on European Law since 2018.
In addition to his committee assignments, Hirte was part of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Belgian Parliamentary Friendship Group. From 2019 until 2021, he was a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.
Ahead of the 2021 elections, Hirte failed to win his party's support for another candidacy in the Cologne II district; he was succeeded by Sandra von Möller as the CDU candidate for the upcoming election.Andreas Damm (8 May 2021), CDU wählt Kandidaten: Schlappe für Kölner Bundespolitiker Heribert Hirte Kölner Stadtanzeiger.
Other activities Corporate boards Stadtwerke Köln, Member of the supervisory board (2018-2020)Tim Attenberger (7 June 2018), Kölner Stadtwerke: Oberbürgermeisterin Reker soll Aufsichtsrat leiten Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.
Non-profit organizations Transparency Germany, Member of the Board (since 2022)Board Transparency Germany.Transparency Deutschland hat einen neuen Vorstand gewählt – Alexandra Herzog ist neue Vorsitzende Transparency Germany, press release of 18 September 2022. Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Member of the Board of Trustees European Law Faculties Association (ELFA), Member of the Board (2005-2009)
Political positions In June 2017, Hirte voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, 30 June 2017.
Ahead of the Christian Democrats' leadership election, Hirte publicly endorsed in 2020 Armin Laschet to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.AKK-Rückzug: Diese Nachfolger wünschen sich Christdemokraten aus Köln und der Region Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 10 February 2020.
In September 2020, Hirte was one of 15 members of her parliamentary group who joined Norbert Röttgen in writing an open letter to Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer which called on Germany and other EU counties to take in 5000 immigrants who were left without shelter after fires gutted the overcrowded Mória Reception and Identification Centre on the Greek island of Lesbos.Offener Brief an Seehofer: Röttgen fordert Aufnahme von 5000 Migranten aus Moria Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 10 September 2020.
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Bundestag biography