Stephan Thomae (born 19 June 1968) is a German lawyer and politician of the

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(FDP) who has been serving as a member of the

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from the state of

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from 2009 till 2013 and since 2017.

Early life and career

After graduating from the humanistic Carl-von-Linde-Gymnasium Kempten, Thomae did his military service. He then studied history and law, which he completed in 1993 as Magister Artium and in 1995 with the first state examination in law. Since Thomae passed his second state examination in 1998, he has been working as a lawyer.

Political career

Thomae first became a member of the Bundestag in the

2009 German federal election Federal elections took place on 27 September 2009 to elect the members of the 17th Bundestag (parliament) of Germany. Preliminary results showed that the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union ...

. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection; its Subcommittee on European Affairs; the Budget Committee; and the Audit Committee. Thomae became a member of the Bundestag again in the

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 ...

. He has since been serving as deputy chairman of the FDP parliamentary group under the leadership of chairman

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. He also joined the Committee for the Scrutiny of Acoustic Surveillance of the Private Home and the Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence services BND,

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and MAD. In addition to his committee assignments, Thomae is part of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the Social Democrats (SPD), the

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and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Thomae led his party's delegation in the working group on children, youth and families; his co-chairs from the other parties are

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and Katrin Göring-Eckardt. Since 2022, Thomas has been serving on the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the

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(BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), the Federal Labour Court (BAG), and the Federal Social Court (BSG). That same year, he joined the Commission for the Reform of the Electoral Law and the Modernization of Parliamentary Work, co-chaired by

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and

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Other activities

* German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ), MemberMembers
German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ). *

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, Member

References

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Bundestag biography
1968 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany) People from Kempten im Allgäu German Roman Catholics {{Germany-FDP-politician-stub