Thorsten Hoffmann (born 5 February 1961) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU) from

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

. From 2015 to 2017, he was a member of the

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Career

In 1980, Hoffmann joined the

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. Two years later, he entered intermediate police service. In 1990, he graduated from College for Public Administration in Dortmund with a

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degree. Thereupon, he entered the higher police service. Hoffmann was employed at the investigation department of the Dortmund police, before changing to the State Offices of Criminal Investigation of

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and

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in 1995. From 1995 to 2014 he worked at Dortmund police as investigator and as coordinator between the

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and the police headquarters.

Political career

Hoffmann became a member of the Christian Democratic Union in 1999. From 2004 to 2009 he was a member of the district council of Dortmund-Hombruch. In 2009, he was elected into Dortmund city council, of which he is still a member. Since 2011, he has been the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union in the district of Dortmund-Hombruch and in the urban quarter of Dortmund-Kirchhörde. In the 2013 federal election, Hoffmann received 30.7% of all direct votes cast within his electoral district No. 142 (Dortmund I), which makes him the most successful candidate of the Christian Democratic Union in this electoral district ever. From 2015, he served as a member of the German Bundestag. He succeeded

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who decided to retire from parliament. He was a member of the Committee of Internal Affairs and a deputy member of the Committee of Petitions. In 2019,

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Armin Laschet Armin Laschet (; born 18 February 1961) is a German politician who served as Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 27 June 2017 to 26 October 2021. He served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 22 January 2021 to 3 ...

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 ...

appointed Hoffmann as State Commissioner for Police Affairs; in this capacity, he serves as an

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for the state's police forces.

Other activities

Gewerkschaft der Polizei The Gewerkschaft der Polizei (GdP; en, Trade Union of the Police) is a trade union in Germany. It represents 181,000 police employees, and is one of eight industrial affiliations of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB). The GdP is one ...

, Member *

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(CDA), Member

Political positions

In June 2017, Hoffmann voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of

same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same Legal sex and gender, sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being ...

.Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle
''

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'', June 30, 2017.

External links

Website of Thorsten Hoffmann

Biography of Thorsten Hoffmann on the Website of the German Parliament

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffmann, Thorsten 1961 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany