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Thorsten Hoffmann (born 5. February 1961) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from Dortmund. Since 2015, he is a member of the Bundestag.
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- Thorsten Hoffmann ber Tunesien islamistischen Terror und dessen Bekmpfung
- Career
- Political career
- Other activities
- References
Thorsten Hoffmann über Tunesien, islamistischen Terror und dessen Bekämpfung
Career
In 1980, Hoffmann joined the police service. Two years later, he entered intermediate police service. In 1990, he graduated from College for Public Administration in Dortmund with a Master of Public Administration 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 Thuringia and Bavaria in 1995. From 1995 to 2014 he worked at Dortmund police as investigator and as coordinator between the city council 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, Thorsten Hoffmann is chairman of the Christian Democratic Union in the district of Dortmund-Hombruch and in the urban quarter of Dortmund-Kirchhörde. Since 2015, Thorsten Hoffmann is a member of the German Bundestag. At the 2013 federal election, he 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.
In 2015, Hoffmann succeeded Ronald Pofalla who decided to retire from parliament. He is a member of the Committee of Internal Affairs and a deputy member of the Committee of Petitions.