Christoph Meyer (born 3 August 1975) is a German lawyer and politician of the
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(FDP) who served as a member of the
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from the state of
Berlin
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from 2017 to 2025.
Early life and career
Meyer attended the Walther-Rathenau-Gymnasium in Berlin-Grunewald and graduated from high school in 1994. He then completed an apprenticeship as a banker at
Dresdner Bank
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in Berlin. From 1996, he studied law at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) as well as at the Free University of Berlin and passed his first state examination in 2004. In 2007 he passed the Second State Examination in Law and was admitted to the bar in Berlin in 2008.
From 2012 until 2017, Meyer worked for
Deutsche Rockwool.
Political career
Meyer has been a member of the FDP since 1993. From 2002 to 2011, he served as a member of the
State Parliament of Berlin. He chaired his party's parliamentary group from 2009 until 2011.
Member of the German Parliament, 2017–2025
Meyer first became a member of the Bundestag in the
2017 German federal election
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. In parliament, he was a member of the Budget Committee. In this capacity, he served as his parliamentary group's
rapporteur
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on the
annual budget
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of the
and the
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
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(2018–2020, 2022–present).
Ahead of the
2021 elections
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, Meyer was elected to lead the FDP's campaign in Berlin.
From 2021, Meyer served as one of six deputy chairpersons of the FDP parliamentary group under the leadership of its chairman
Christian Dürr
Christian Dürr (born 18 April 1977) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2025. From December 2021, he was the leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
Ea ...
, where he oversaw the group's activities on financial policy.
Other activities
*
Deutsche Rockwool, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2017)
* German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board
Parliamentary Advisory Board
German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF).
References
External links
*
Bundestag biography
1975 births
Living people
People from Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Members of the Bundestag for Berlin
Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany)
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