Christoph Hoffmann (politician)

Christoph Hoffmann (born 9 December 1957) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2017.[1]

Christoph Hoffmann
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1957-12-09) 9 December 1957
Schliengen, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyFDP
Alma mater
OccupationForest scientists

Early life and career

Hoffmann studied forestry sciences at the University of Freiburg after graduating from high school in 1977. He graduated with a diploma in forestry in 1983, and then completed his preparatory service for a forestry career with the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1985. After completing his doctoral studies in forest genetics at the University of California, Berkeley, Hoffmann was awarded his doctorate at the University of Göttingen in 1994.

From 1995 until 1997, Hoffmann worked for GIZ in Ivory Coast. He was subsequently employed in various projects and positions in the Baden-Württemberg forest administration.

Political career

In 2007, Hoffmann was elected mayor of the community of Bad Bellingen in the Markgräflerland region and re-elected in 2015.[2]

Hoffmann became member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election. He has since been a member of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development and the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development. He serves as his parliamentary group’s spokesperson on development policy.[3]

In addition to his committee assignments, Hoffmann is part of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Western African States.

Other activities

References
  1. "Christoph Hoffmann | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. Zeitung, Badische. "Bad Bellingens Bürgermeister geht für die FDP in den Bundestag - Bad Bellingen - Badische Zeitung". www.badische-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  3. "Fachpolitische Sprecher". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  4. Board German Africa Foundation (DAS).
  5. Advisory Board German Foundation for World Population (DSW).
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