Thomas Wolfgang Feist (born 8 April 1965 in Leipzig, Germany) is a German politician ( CDU) as well as musicologist and cultural scientist. He served as an advisor for cultural activities, intercultural cooperation and music at the Evangelical Church in Saxony and was also chairman of the Federal Association for cultural activities in the Evangelical Youth Movement, Bundesverband Kulturarbeit in der evangelischen Jugend (BKA).

Political career

During the German federal election of 2009 Feist ran as a CDU candidate in the electoral district

Leipzig II Leipzig II is an electoral constituency (German language, German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 15 ...

, which had previously been represented by Gunter Weißgerbe (

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 ...

). Feist received a direct mandate to the Bundestag. In the Bundestag's 17th legislative period, Feist served as a member of the Committee for Education, Research and Technology Assessment as well as the Subcommittee for Foreign Cultural and Education Policy. He was a representative in the committees for Petition and Foreign Relations. Feist is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the European Assembly for Security and Defence, as well as the Assembly of the Western European Union. During his term Thomas Feist was a member of the parliamentary association German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group and German-Iranian Parliamentary Friendship Group. In 2017 he lost his seat to

Sören Pellmann Sören Pellmann (born 11 February 1977) is a German politician. Born in Leipzig, Saxony, he represents The Left. Pellmann has served as a member of the Bundestag from Leipzig II in the state of Saxony since 2017. Life From 1983 to 1995 he f ...

(

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). He currently serves as the Saxonian appointee for Jewish everyday life.

External links

Official Website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Feist, Thomas 1965 births Living people German Lutherans Members of the Bundestag for Saxony Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Politicians from Leipzig Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013