André Hahn (born 20 April 1963) is a German politician. Born in

Berlin-Friedrichshain Friedrichshain () is a quarter (''Ortsteil'') of the borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany. From its creation in 1920 until 2001, it was a freestanding city borough. Formerly part of East Berlin, it is adjacent to Mitte, Prenzl ...

, he represents The Left. André Hahn has served as a member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...

from the state of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

since 2013.

Life

After completing the tenth grade, Hahn completed a vocational training course with an A-levels as a typesetter and then studied as a teacher of German and history at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1984 to 1989. This was followed by research studies in political science. During this time, he was a research assistant to the LL/PDS faction in the Saxon state parliament from 1991 to 1994. In 1994, he received his doctorate on political culture in the last year of the GDR. From December 1994 to November 2013 he was a member of the Saxon State Parliament. He became member of the bundestag after the

2013 German federal election Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian ...

. He is a member of the interior committee and the sports committee. He is the spokesman for sports policy for his parliamentary group. He is a member of the Parliamentary Oversight Panel and Committee for the Scrutiny of Acoustic Surveillance of the Private Home. He is deputy chairman of his group.

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Bundestag biography
1963 births Living people Politicians from Berlin Members of the Bundestag for Saxony Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 People from Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Members of the Bundestag for The Left 21st-century German politicians {{Germany-Left-politician-stub