Stephan Seiter
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1963-03-18) 18 March 1963 (age 60)
Nürnberg, West Germany
Political partyFDP
Alma materUniversity of Hohenheim

Stephan Seiter (born 18 March 1963) is a German economist and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2021.[1]

Early life and career

Seiter studied economics at the University of Hohenheim from 1984 to 1989. He subsequently During that time, he also was the Theodor Heuss Lecturer at the New School for Social Research in 2000. From 2007, Seiter was a professor of economics at Reutlingen University’s ESB Business School.[2]

Political career

Seiter entered the FDP in 2016.

Seiter became a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 elections, representing the Waiblingen district.

In parliament, Seiter has since been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment and the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs.[3] Since June 2022, he has been his parliamentary group’s spokesperson for research, technology and innovation.[4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Seiter is part of the German-Greek Parliamentary Friendship Group. In 2023, he co-founded the Cross-Party Parliamentary Group on the Situation of the Uyghurs.

Other activities

References

  1. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Prof. Dr. Stephan Seiter".
  2. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Prof. Dr. Stephan Seiter".
  3. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Prof. Dr. Stephan Seiter".
  4. ^ Tilmann Warnecke (20 July 2022), Kritik in der Ampel an Ministerin Stark-Watzinger: BMBF-Mittelstopp auch für Rechtsextremismus-Forschung Der Tagesspiegel.
  5. ^ Parlamentarischer Beirat der FernUniversität neu konstituiert University of Hagen, press release of 29 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Prof. Dr. Stephan Seiter".
  7. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Prof. Dr. Stephan Seiter".


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