Thomas Feist
Dr. Thomas Wolfgang Feist (born 8 April 1965 in Leipzig) is a German politician (CDU) as well as musicologist and cultural scientist. He served as an advisor for cultural activities, intercultural cooperation and music at the Evangelical Church in Saxony and was also chairman of the Federal Association for cultural activites in the Evangelical Youth Movement (Bundesverband Kulturarbeit in der evangelischen Jugend, BKA).
Political Career
During the German federal election of 2009 Feist ran as a CDU candidate in the electoral district Leipzig II, which was previously represented by Gunter Weißgerbe (SPD). Feist received a direct mandate to Bundestag, having obtained more votes than the former mayor of Leipzig, Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD), among others.
In the Bundestag’s 17th legislative period Feist serves as a member of the Committee for Education, Research and Technology Assessment as well as the Subcommittee for Foreign Cultural and Education Policy. He is a representative in the committees for Petition and Foreign Relations. Feist also is a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the European Assembly for Security and Defence, as well as the Assembly of the Western European Union.
Thomas Feist is furthermore a member of the parliamentary association German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group and German-Iranian Parliamentary Friendship Group.