Bernd Reuther (born 1 May 1971) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving 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

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

since 2017.

Early life and education

After graduating from high school in 1990, Reuther completed his military service with the 110 Supply Battalion in Rheine and subsequently studied social sciences at

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until 1998.

Early career

Reuther then worked for a year as a research assistant to Minister of State

Werner Hoyer Werner Hoyer (born 17 November 1951 in Wuppertal) is a German economist and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who is currently serving as the President of the European Investment Bank. Education and early career Hoyer graduated as a ...

and later as chief of staff to

Günter Rexrodt Günter Rexrodt (12 September 1941 – 19 August 2004) was a German politician. He lived in Berlin. Education and work After the Abitur in 1960 in Arnstadt, Thuringia and an extra year in West Berlin, he graduated with a Diplom in business s ...

at his parliamentary office in Berlin. From 2003 to 2006, Reuther served as deputy government spokesman of the state government of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

under Minister-President

Wolfgang Böhmer Wolfgang Böhmer (born 27 January 1936) is a German politician ( CDU) and was the 5th Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 16 May 2002 to 19 April 2011. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2002/03. He formerly worked as a medical doc ...

. From 2006 until 2009, Reuther was an Associate Director at

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in Berlin. In 2009, he first became department head at Duisburger Hafen AG and two years later at

Hochtief Hochtief AG is a German construction company based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.2017 German federal election Federal elections were held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag, as well as 111 overhang and leveling seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democr ...

. In parliament, he is a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the German-Brazilian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Other activities

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, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2022) * Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council (since 2022)Bundestag setzt Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium ein

, 24 March 2022.

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Bundestag biography
1971 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany) {{Germany-FDP-politician-stub