Dennis Thering
German politician
Dennis Thering (born 5 April 1984) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Hamburg Parliament. He has been a member of the Hamburg Parliament since 2011 and has been chairman of the parliamentary opposition since the 2020 elections. In April 2023, he became chairman of the CDU Hamburg.
Education and professional career
Dennis Thering graduated from the Wirtschaftsgymnasium City Nord, a secondary school in Hamburg with a focus on economics, in 2003. After graduating, he spent one year doing community service at the Hospital zum Heiligen Geist ("Holy Spirit Hospital") in the Poppenbüttel quarter of Hamburg. Thering then completed an apprenticeship as a bank clerk at the German public savings bank Hamburger Sparkasse in 2006, where he then worked for four years. In 2010, he went back to school to study political science - he eventually earned his BA degree at the University of Hamburg in 2013. From January 2014 to March 2020, Thering was employed as an executive assistant at the care services provider Pflegen & Wohnen Hamburg GmbH.
Political career
Local affairs
Dennis Thering has been a member of the CDU since 2001. He acts both as chairman of the CDU in Alstertal and as district chairman of the CDU Wandsbek. Between 2004 and 2008, he was a member of the local committee Alstertal where he was appointed deputy group leader.
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