Stephan Thomae


Stephan Thomae is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria from 2009 till 2013 and since 2017.

Early life and career

After graduating from the humanistic Carl-von-Linde-Gymnasium Kempten, Thomae did his military service. He then studied history and law, which he completed in 1993 as Magister Artium and in 1995 with the first state examination in law.
Since Thomae passed his second state examination in 1998, he has been working as a lawyer.

Political career

Thomae first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection; its Subcommittee on European Affairs; the Budget Committee; and the Audit Committee.
Thomae became a member of the Bundestag again in the 2017 German federal election. He has since been serving as deputy chairman of the FDP parliamentary group under the leadership of chairman Christian Lindner. He also joined the Committee for the Scrutiny of Acoustic Surveillance of the Private Home and the Parliamentary Oversight Panel, which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence services BND, BfV and MAD.
In addition to his committee assignments, Thomae is part of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

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