Name Jurgen Hardt | Role German Politician | |
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Political party Christian Democratic Union Party Christian Democratic Union of Germany Profiles | ||
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Jürgen Hardt (born 30 May 1963) is a German politician. He is a Christian Democratic Union member of the Bundestag.
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- Us election night party j rgen hardt on transatlantic relations
- A strong EU will make a bigger impression on President Trump than a weak one DW News
- Early life and career
- Political career
- Member of the Bundestag 2009present
- Other activities
- References
"A strong EU will make a bigger impression on President Trump than a weak one." | DW News
Early life and career
After obtaining Abitur 1982 in Königstein im Taunus, Hardt served as a naval officer in the Bundeswehr for four years and studied economics in Heidelberg and Cologne from 1986 to 1993. From 1992 to 2001 Hardt worked for the federal office of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, including as head of the office of Peter Hintze, the CDU Secretary-General, 1995 to 1998. From 2001 to 2009 he was a senior manager at Vorwerk, a family business in Wuppertal.
Political career
Hardt was Federal chairman of the Association of Christian Democratic Students (RCDS) from 1987 to 1989 and from 2004 to 2009 member of Wuppertal city council and chairman of its economics committee.
Since 2003 he has been serving as chairman of the Wuppertal county branch of the CDU and since 2005 deputy chairman of the Bergisches Land district branch of the CDU.
Member of the Bundestag, 2009–present
Hardt was first elected to the Bundestag in the 2009 federal election, representing Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II. He is a member of the Bundestag's defence committee, the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union and of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Hardt defended his seat in parliament by winning the majority of votes in his electoral district in the 2013 election.
In April 2014, Hardt succeeded Philipp Mißfelder as Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation.