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Petra Hinz

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Petra Hinz
Hinz in 2013
Bundestag MP
In office
2005–2013
Preceded byHans-Günter Bruckmann [de]
Succeeded byMatthias Hauer
Constituencydistrict 120 / Essen III [de][1]
Bundestag MP
In office
2013 – August 2016 (resigned)
Constituencynone, NRW-SPD list place
City Council member
In office
1989–2005
ConstituencyEssen[2]
Personal details
Born (1962-06-10) 10 June 1962 (age 62)
Essen
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD
Occupationpolitician (until 2016)

Petra Hinz (born 10 June 1962 in Essen) is a German politician. She is a member of the SPD. Since 2005, Hinz has been an MP of the German Bundestag.[2] She resigned from her Bundestag seat after a CV scandal with effect of 1 September 2016.[3]

Biography

Hinz left school with a university of applied sciences entrance qualification in 1983, and afterwards completed a year of internship at a local bank (Sparkasse) and a vocational training as a presenter from 1985 to 1987. From 1999 to 2003 she worked as a real estate manager. Hinz has been a SPD member since 1980 and worked for the party since 1982 in different positions, such as vice district chairwoman. From 1989 to 2005 she was a member of the Essen city council.[2]

CV scandal

Hinz made headlines after allegations that she bullied her employees and faked essential parts of her curriculum vitae (CV), falsely claiming that she took her A-levels in 1984 and studied Law and Political Science for ten years from 1985 to 1995. Hinz admitted that she faked her CV.[4] She resigned from her Bundestag mandate only after growing public pressure on 24 August 2016, but because of a formal error her request was considered as preliminary invalid by the Bundestag administration. On 30 August, it was reported that the resignation of her Bundestag seat with effect of 1 September 2016 was now formally accepted.[3] Hinz also announced that she will resign from the SPD party until 5 September 2016, after the party had initiated internal proceedings against her.[4] The case of Petra Hinz was viewed as a "desaster" for the SPD party.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Bundestagswahlen". essen.de. Wahlamt Essen. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. ^ a b c Petra Hinz Archived 2016-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Bundestag.de, in German
  3. ^ a b Petra Hinz verzichtet endgültig, Frankfurter Allgemeine, 30 August 2016, in German
  4. ^ a b Lebenslauf-Affäre: Hinz vermasselt Mandatsverzicht, Der Spiegel, 24 August 2016, in German
  5. ^ Verbrannte Erde in der Herzkammer der Sozialdemokratie, Frankfurter Allgemeine, 12 August 2016, in German
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