Stefan Brink is a German jurist and former judge. He is a party member of the liberal FDP.
Early life and education Brink was born in 1966 in Kaiserslautern.
Brink studied law in Mainz, Heidelberg, Dijon, and Paris. He received his doctorate under Hans Herbert von Arnim at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer.
Career Rhineland-Palatinate He worked for the state diet of Rhineland-Palatinate. He later served as a judge at a court in Koblenz and as a research associate at the Federal Constitutional Court. He then tenured as head of "private data protection" for the data protection officer of Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as deputy state commissioner for freedom of information in Rhineland-Palatinate. He moved to Baden-Wurttemberg in 2008.
Baden-Wurttemberg On the nomination of the Green Party, Brink was elected on 1 December 2016 by the state diet of Baden-Wurttemberg as data protection officer for Baden-Wurttemberg, receiving 108 of 125 votes. He assumed office on 1 January 2017.
Brink described the Strache video of the Ibiza affair as a "criminal wrongdoing".
During the COVID-19 pandemic he imposed a fine of more than €1.2 million on the health insurance provider AOK Baden-Wurttemberg over a "lack of regular monitoring and adjustment".
On 30 September 2020, he prohibited the continued maintenance of a list of "conspicuous" and criminal refugees and ordered the deletion of the data collected.
He concluded his term at the end of 2022.
Personal life He is married and has three daughters.
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