Jürgen Hardt
1982 Abitur at Taunus-Gymnasium Königstein/Taunus; 1982 to 1986 served as an officer in the German Armed Forces (Navy), first lieutenant at sea, ship security officer and technical diver (Augsburg frigate); 1986 to 1993 studied economics in Heidelberg and Cologne; thesis on regulatory aspects of the 1992 pension reform.
1992 to 1998 CDU Federal Office: Head of Social Policy Department, Office Manager of Secretary General Peter Hintze; 1999 to 2001 European Policy Officer of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group; 2001 to 2009 Head of Corporate Communications of the Vorwerk Group.
Joined the CDU in 1981; 1987 to 1989 Federal Chairman of the Ring of Christian Democratic Students (RCDS); 2003 to 2014 District Chairman of the Wuppertal CDU; 2004 to 2009 Member of the Wuppertal City Council, Chairman of the Economic Committee, Member of the Supervisory Board of Wuppertaler Stadtwerke; since November 2005 Deputy District Chairman of the Bergisch Land CDU.
Since 2009, member of the German Bundestag; April 2014 to April 2018, Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office; since September 2015, foreign policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
1992 to 1998 CDU Federal Office: Head of Social Policy Department, Office Manager of Secretary General Peter Hintze; 1999 to 2001 European Policy Officer of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group; 2001 to 2009 Head of Corporate Communications of the Vorwerk Group.
Joined the CDU in 1981; 1987 to 1989 Federal Chairman of the Ring of Christian Democratic Students (RCDS); 2003 to 2014 District Chairman of the Wuppertal CDU; 2004 to 2009 Member of the Wuppertal City Council, Chairman of the Economic Committee, Member of the Supervisory Board of Wuppertaler Stadtwerke; since November 2005 Deputy District Chairman of the Bergisch Land CDU.
Since 2009, member of the German Bundestag; April 2014 to April 2018, Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office; since September 2015, foreign policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag.