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'''Tim Peters''' (born 1973) is a German political scientist, lawyer and politician of the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany]] (CDU). A resident of Belgium, he is an official of the [[Secretariat of the European Parliament|Secretariat]] of the [[European Parliament]]. As a political scientist, he is known as a student of [[Eckhard Jesse]] in the tradition of German [[extremism]] research, and has published works on the political tradition of the former [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]]. He was one of the leading figures within the [[Junge Union]] during the early 2000s and is currently chairman of the [[Brussels]] branch of the CDU, the party's only branch outside Germany. He ran unsuccessfully as a CDU candidate for the [[Bundestag]] in the [[2005 German federal election]].
==Early life==
Peters was born in [[Hamburg]], Germany.
==Career==
Peters studied law at [[TU Dresden]], [[Paris Nanterre University]] and the [[Humboldt University of Berlin]]; he obtained a French ''licence en droit'' in 1998 and passed the German first state examination in law in 2001. He worked for a law firm and in the office of the legal advisor of the [[CDU/CSU]] faction in the German [[Bundestag]], [[Ronald Pofalla]].<ref name="p&k">"[https://ift.tt/3cxO5CX politikszene]". ''Politik & Kommunikation'' 158 (2007), p. 1</ref> He then studied political science and was affiliated with the ''Politischer Extremismus und Parteien'' research environment. He obtained his PhD with a dissertation on the anti-fascist tradition of the [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]], titled ''Der Antifaschismus der PDS: Ursachen und Wirkungen''; his doctoral advisor was [[Eckhard Jesse]]. It was later published as a book by [[VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften]] under the title ''Der Antifaschismus der PDS aus antiextremistischer Sicht''.<ref name="Diss">Tim Peters: ''Der Antifaschismus der PDS aus antiextremistischer Sicht'', Wiesbaden 2006, p. 230.</ref> He worked as a legal advisor in the Brussels office of [[General Electric]] and as a ''Rechtsreferendar'' with the Federal Ministry of Finance in Germany and the European Commission in Brussels, and passed his second state examination in law in 2007, fully qualifying as a lawyer. He has lived in Brussels since the early to mid 2000s; until 2012 he worked as an advisor for industrial policy in the Brussels office of the [[Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie|Confederation of Germany Industry]] and the [[Confederation of German Employers' Associations]], the German Business Representation Brussels.<ref>Alexandra Thein, "[https://ift.tt/2MtOGLm Liberale Außenpolitik besucht Brüssel]", 24 June 2011</ref> He is now an official of the [[Secretariat of the European Parliament|Secretariat]] of the [[European Parliament]].
== Political activity ==
Peters joined the [[Junge Union]] in Hamburg at age 14,<ref name="Salewski">Sibylle Salewski: "[https://ift.tt/3dyen9c Unikate: Der Konservative]". ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]].'' 10 April 2001, p. 28.</ref> and later became the chairman of Junge Union in [[Berlin]].<ref>Sabine Beikler: "[https://ift.tt/3cxO69Z Geschlossenheit ist alles]." ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]]'', 11 May 2003, p. 9.</ref> He was also active in the [[Association of Christian Democratic Students]].<ref>jmg: "Politisches Mandat: RefRat der HU droht Klage." ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]].'' 2 September 1999, p. 34.</ref><ref>Anna Kochs: "Politisches Mandat: RefRat wehrt sich." ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]]'', 14 October 1999, p. 34.</ref> In 2000 he was elected as the "Internet Chancellor" by youth and students on the Internet platform dol2day; he ran as "General T".<ref>Torsten Geiling: "[https://ift.tt/3cveK3f Fast wie im RL]," [[Die Zeit]], 13 July 2000, No. 29.</ref><ref>Thorsten Pifan: "[https://ift.tt/36X5kMR dol2day: General T. regiert das Internet]," ''Der Spiegel'', 5 July 2000</ref>
In the [[2005 German federal election]] he ran as a candidate for the CDU in Berlin, but was not elected. He founded the Brussels branch of the [[Junge Union]]<ref>Burkard Steppacher: ''[https://ift.tt/2Xy2lHE Deutsche Christliche Demokraten in der Europäischen Kommission und ihr Wirken in politischen Netzwerken]'', [[Konrad Adenauer Foundation]], 2014</ref> and became chairman of CDU in Brussels in 2013.<ref>"[https://ift.tt/372XnFJ Neuer Vorsitzender gewählt]", 22 March 2013.</ref>
== Selected bibliography ==
* ''Der Antifaschismus der PDS aus antiextremistischer Sicht'' (= ''Forschung Politik''). With a preface by [[Eckhard Jesse]]. [[VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften]], Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-531-14775-7
== References ==
[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:German lawyers]]
[[Category:German political scientists]]
[[Category:Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians]]
==Early life==
Peters was born in [[Hamburg]], Germany.
==Career==
Peters studied law at [[TU Dresden]], [[Paris Nanterre University]] and the [[Humboldt University of Berlin]]; he obtained a French ''licence en droit'' in 1998 and passed the German first state examination in law in 2001. He worked for a law firm and in the office of the legal advisor of the [[CDU/CSU]] faction in the German [[Bundestag]], [[Ronald Pofalla]].<ref name="p&k">"[https://ift.tt/3cxO5CX politikszene]". ''Politik & Kommunikation'' 158 (2007), p. 1</ref> He then studied political science and was affiliated with the ''Politischer Extremismus und Parteien'' research environment. He obtained his PhD with a dissertation on the anti-fascist tradition of the [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]], titled ''Der Antifaschismus der PDS: Ursachen und Wirkungen''; his doctoral advisor was [[Eckhard Jesse]]. It was later published as a book by [[VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften]] under the title ''Der Antifaschismus der PDS aus antiextremistischer Sicht''.<ref name="Diss">Tim Peters: ''Der Antifaschismus der PDS aus antiextremistischer Sicht'', Wiesbaden 2006, p. 230.</ref> He worked as a legal advisor in the Brussels office of [[General Electric]] and as a ''Rechtsreferendar'' with the Federal Ministry of Finance in Germany and the European Commission in Brussels, and passed his second state examination in law in 2007, fully qualifying as a lawyer. He has lived in Brussels since the early to mid 2000s; until 2012 he worked as an advisor for industrial policy in the Brussels office of the [[Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie|Confederation of Germany Industry]] and the [[Confederation of German Employers' Associations]], the German Business Representation Brussels.<ref>Alexandra Thein, "[https://ift.tt/2MtOGLm Liberale Außenpolitik besucht Brüssel]", 24 June 2011</ref> He is now an official of the [[Secretariat of the European Parliament|Secretariat]] of the [[European Parliament]].
== Political activity ==
Peters joined the [[Junge Union]] in Hamburg at age 14,<ref name="Salewski">Sibylle Salewski: "[https://ift.tt/3dyen9c Unikate: Der Konservative]". ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]].'' 10 April 2001, p. 28.</ref> and later became the chairman of Junge Union in [[Berlin]].<ref>Sabine Beikler: "[https://ift.tt/3cxO69Z Geschlossenheit ist alles]." ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]]'', 11 May 2003, p. 9.</ref> He was also active in the [[Association of Christian Democratic Students]].<ref>jmg: "Politisches Mandat: RefRat der HU droht Klage." ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]].'' 2 September 1999, p. 34.</ref><ref>Anna Kochs: "Politisches Mandat: RefRat wehrt sich." ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]]'', 14 October 1999, p. 34.</ref> In 2000 he was elected as the "Internet Chancellor" by youth and students on the Internet platform dol2day; he ran as "General T".<ref>Torsten Geiling: "[https://ift.tt/3cveK3f Fast wie im RL]," [[Die Zeit]], 13 July 2000, No. 29.</ref><ref>Thorsten Pifan: "[https://ift.tt/36X5kMR dol2day: General T. regiert das Internet]," ''Der Spiegel'', 5 July 2000</ref>
In the [[2005 German federal election]] he ran as a candidate for the CDU in Berlin, but was not elected. He founded the Brussels branch of the [[Junge Union]]<ref>Burkard Steppacher: ''[https://ift.tt/2Xy2lHE Deutsche Christliche Demokraten in der Europäischen Kommission und ihr Wirken in politischen Netzwerken]'', [[Konrad Adenauer Foundation]], 2014</ref> and became chairman of CDU in Brussels in 2013.<ref>"[https://ift.tt/372XnFJ Neuer Vorsitzender gewählt]", 22 March 2013.</ref>
== Selected bibliography ==
* ''Der Antifaschismus der PDS aus antiextremistischer Sicht'' (= ''Forschung Politik''). With a preface by [[Eckhard Jesse]]. [[VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften]], Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-531-14775-7
== References ==
[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:German lawyers]]
[[Category:German political scientists]]
[[Category:Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians]]
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