Petra Hinz

Summary

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]

Petra Hinz
MdB a.D.
Hinz in 2013
Member of the Bundestag
for North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
22 October 2013 – 31 August 2016
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byJürgen Coße
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party List
In office
18 October 2005 – 22 October 2013
Preceded byHans-Günter Bruckmann [de]
Succeeded byMatthias Hauer
ConstituencyEssen III
Member of the Essen City Council
for District III
In office
1989–2005
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
Personal details
Born (1962-06-10) 10 June 1962 (age 61)
Essen, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party (1980–2016)
ResidenceEssen-Margarethenhöhe
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Impostor

Biography edit

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]

CV scandal edit

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]

References edit

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

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