Torsten Herbst (born 22 August 1973) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the

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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 2017.

Early life and education

Herbst grew up in the Dresden district of Zschertnitz, attended the polytechnic secondary school "Gottfried Semper" and later the grammar school Dresden-Plauen. He did his community service in a hospital. Afterwards he started studying economics at the

Dresden University of Applied Sciences The Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences (HTW Dresden for short) is a university of applied sciences and, after the Technical University Dresden, the second largest university of the city of Dresden, (S ...

where he graduated with a degree in International Business Studies.

Political career

Torsten Herbst was a founding member of the Young Liberal Action Saxony (Jungliberale Aktion Sachsen, JuliA) in the post-reunification period and its state chair from 1997 to 2000. He was elected deputy state chair of the FDP Saxony in 1999, was secretary general of the FDP Saxony from 2005 to 2019, and has been its treasurer since 2019. Since 2019, he has also been a member of the federal executive committee of the FDP. In 1999, Herbst was elected deputy state chairman of the FDP in Saxony, and from 2005 to 2019 he was secretary general of the state association, under the leadership of chairman Holger Zastrow. From 2004 to 2014 he was a member of the State Parliament of Saxony. Herbst became a member of the Bundestag 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 on the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure. Since 2019, he has also been a member of the federal executive committee of the FDP, under the leadership of chair

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. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the

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(SPD), the

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and the FDP following the 2021 German elections, Herbst was part of his party's delegation in the working group on economic affairs, co-chaired by

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and

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Other activities

* Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory CouncilMembers of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council
Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA).

References

External links

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Bundestag biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Herbst, Torsten 1973 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Saxony Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany)