Name Reinhold Hilbers Role German Politician | ||
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Party Christian Democratic Union of Germany | ||
Education University of Osnabruck | ||
Reinhold Hilbers (born 25 July 1964 in Lingen) is a German businessman and politician, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union. He has been a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony since March 2003.
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Early life and career
After training in the wholesale and export business, he undertook military service in the Bundeswehr. Then, he studied economics at the University of Osnabrück. Since 1999 he has been managing director of Lebenshilfe Nordhorn GmbH.
Political career
Hilbers became a member of the CDU in 1988. At present he is chairman of the CDU district of Grafschaft Bentheim. Since March 2003 he has represented the Lower Saxony in the state parliament.
Hilbers was elected with 72.2% of the votes to represent his constituency in parliament. In the state election in 2008 he obtained 55.6% of the votes.