Petra Hinz (born 10 June 1962 in

Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...

) is a German politician and impostor. She is a member of the

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

. Since 2005, Hinz has been an MP of the German

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. She resigned from her Bundestag seat after a CV scandal with effect of 1 September 2016.

Biography

Hinz left school with a university of applied sciences entrance qualification in 1983, and afterwards completed a year of internship at a local bank ( Sparkasse) and a vocational training as a presenter from 1985 to 1987. From 1999 to 2003 she worked as a real estate manager. Hinz has been a SPD member since 1980 and worked for the party since 1982 in different positions, such as vice district chairwoman. From 1989 to 2005 she was a member of the Essen city council.Petra Hinz
, Bundestag.de, in German

CV scandal

Hinz made headlines after allegations that she bullied her employees and faked essential parts of her

curriculum vitae In English, a curriculum vitae (,

(CV), falsely claiming that she took her A-levels in 1984 and studied Law and Political Science for ten years from 1985 to 1995. Hinz admitted that she faked her CV. She resigned from her Bundestag mandate only after growing public pressure on 24 August 2016, but because of a formal error her request was considered as preliminary invalid by the Bundestag administration. On 30 August, it was reported that the resignation of her Bundestag seat with effect of 1 September 2016 was now formally accepted.Petra Hinz verzichtet endgültig
Frankfurter Allgemeine, 30 August 2016, in German Hinz also announced that she will resign from the SPD party until 5 September 2016, after the party had initiated internal proceedings against her.
Der Spiegel, 24 August 2016, in German The case of Petra Hinz was viewed as a "disaster" for the SPD party.
Frankfurter Allgemeine, 12 August 2016, in German

References

External links

Petra Hinz
at the German

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hinz, Petra 1962 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Politicians from Essen Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany Impostors