Petra Hinz MdB a.D. | |
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Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia | |
In office 22 October 2013 –31 August 2016 | |
Preceded by | multi-member district |
Succeeded by | Jürgen Coße |
Constituency | Social Democratic Party List |
In office 18 October 2005 – 22 October 2013 | |
Preceded by | Hans-Günter Bruckmann |
Succeeded by | Matthias Hauer |
Constituency | Essen III |
Member of the Essen City Council for District III | |
In office 1989–2005 | |
Preceded by | multi-member district |
Succeeded by | multi-member district |
Personal details | |
Born | Essen,West Germany (now Germany) | 10 June 1962
Political party | Social Democratic Party (1980–2016) |
Residence | Essen-Margarethenhöhe |
Occupation |
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Petra Hinz (born 10 June 1962 in Essen) is a German politician and impostor. She is a member of the SPD. Since 2005,Hinz has been an MP of the German Bundestag. [1] She resigned from her Bundestag seat after a CV scandal with effect of 1 September 2016. [2]
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. [1]
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. [3] 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. [2] Hinz also announced that she will resign from the SPD party until 5 September 2016,after the party had initiated internal proceedings against her. [3] The case of Petra Hinz was viewed as a "disaster" for the SPD party. [4]
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