Curriculum vitae Hildegard BENTELE
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Curriculum vitae (The MEP is solely responsible for the information published)
Updated: 01/04/2025
Education (qualifications and diplomas)
- 1995 : Abitur (High School Diploma), Giengen an der Brenz
- 1995-1997 : Studied Political Science, History and Public Law at Heidelberg
- 1997-1998 : Studied at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Erasmus programme)
- 1998-1999 : Studied Political Science at the Freie Universität Berlin
- 1999-2000 : Studied at the Université Libre de Bruxelles
- 2001 : Degree in Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
Professional career
- 2002 : Desk officer at the Federal Foreign Office, Department for International Energy Policy, USA Department
- 2005-2008 : Diplomat at the German Embassy Zagreb
- 06/2006-08/2006 : Diplomat at the German Embassy Teheran
- 2010-2013 : Foreign policy advisor to the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag
National political career
Offices held in a political party or national trade union
- 2002 : Joined the CDU Germany, Berlin branch
- 2002-... : Various offices in local associations of the CDU Tempelhof-Schöneberg, currently member of the executive committee of the CDU Lichtenrade
- 2002-... : Member of the district executive of the CDU Tempelhof-Schöneberg
- 2011-2019 : Spokesperson on education and European policy for the CDU parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives
- 2012-2016 : Member of the Political Assembly of the European People's Party (EPP) and the EPP Congress
- 2016-2019 : Coordinator of the education policy spokespersons of the CDU state parliamentary groups
- 09/2018-07/2019 : Deputy Chair, CDU parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives
- 2021-... : Chair of the Forum ‘Berlin in the World’, CDU Berlin
Offices held in a regional assembly
- 2011-2019 : Member of the Berlin House of Representatives
International political career
Offices held in an international political party organisation or an international trade union organisation
- 2012-2016 : Member of the Political Assembly of the European People's Party (EPP) and the EPP Congress
Offices held in the EU institutions
- 2019 : Member of the European Parliament
Contact
Brussels
Parlement européen
Bât. ALTIERO SPINELLI
15E101
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
Bât. ALTIERO SPINELLI
15E101
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
Strasbourg
Parlement européen
Bât. LOUISE WEISS
T11054
1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman
CS 91024
F-67070 Strasbourg Cedex
Bât. LOUISE WEISS
T11054
1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman
CS 91024
F-67070 Strasbourg Cedex
Postal address
Platz der Republik 1
11011 Berlin
11011 Berlin