Manuel Höferlin | |
|---|---|
 Manuel Höferlin in 2017 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 2017–2025 | |
| In office 2009–2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1973 |
| Party | FDP |
| Children | 3 |
| University of Mainz | |
Manuel Höferlin (born 6 February 1973) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate from 2009 to 2013 and from 2017 to 2025.[1]
Early life and career
editHöferlin was born in Paris and moved to Harxheim in Rheinhessen at the age of five. In 1992, he graduated from the Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Mainz and subsequently studied law at the University of Mainz. While still a student, he went into business for himself, founded an IT consulting company in 1997 and took a stake in a management consultancy, where he was managing director until early 2009.
Political career
editIn 2005 Höferlin joined the FDP. From 2009 to 2013 he was a member of the Bundestag for the first time, representing the Worms district. During that time, he served on the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Committee on Legal Affairs. Due to the failure of his party to reach the five percent hurdle in the 2013 federal elections, he resigned from the Bundestag.
Höferlin became a member of the Bundestag again in the 2017 German federal election. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Committee on the Digital Agenda, which he chaired from 2019 to 2021. He was also his parliamentary group’s spokesman for digital policy (2018–2021)[2] and internal affairs (2021–2025).[3]
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 German elections, Höferlin was part of his party's delegation in the working group on digital innovation and infrastructure, co-chaired by Jens Zimmermann, Malte Spitz and Andreas Pinkwart.[4]
In November 2024, Höferlin announced that he would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[5]
Life after politics
editAfter leaving parliament, Höferlin joined French information technology (IT) services and consulting company Capgemini in 2025.[6]
Other activities
edit- Foundation for Data Protection, Member of the Advisory Board (2022–2025)[7]
References
edit- ^ "Manuel Höferlin | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Fachpolitische Sprecher". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ FDP-Fraktion: Besetzung Sprecherposten FDP Group in the German Bundestag, press release of 14 December 2021.
- ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^ Claudia Wößner (11 November 2024), Manuel Höferlin (FDP) erklärt Rückzug aus dem Bundestag Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^ Personalwechsel: Höferlin wird Vice President Digital Strategy & Resilience bei Capgemini politik & kommunikation, 27 October 2025.
- ^ Mitglieder mehrerer Gremien gewählt Bundestag, press release of 2 June 2022.
External links
edit
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in German)
