Hans-Peter Uhl

Uhl was a lawyer. He became a member of the CSU in 1970. He was elected to the Bundestag, the German parliament, in 1998, representing the constituency of West Munich, and was reelected four consecutive terms (in 2002, 2005, 2009 and 2013).

Uhl chaired the parliamentary inquiry committee investigating the German Visa Affair 2005.Claudia Rach and Andreas Cremer (25 April 2005), [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aZB_JlHP8eLs Germany's Fischer Accepts Responsibility Over Visas] Bloomberg. Between 2005 and 2013, he was spokesman for interior policy of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. In this capacity, he repeatedly rejected efforts to liberalize Germany's strict rules regarding dual citizenship, arguing that "[it] is a question of loyalty to the German state" and that "individuals with dual nationality, if involved in any criminal activities, can evade the judicial authorities by using their second passport."Judy Dempsey (15 April 2013), [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/world/europe/16iht-letter16.html A Difficult Choice for Turks in Germany] International Herald Tribune. With regard to proposals for extending voting rights to foreigners, he argued that such a law would be unconstitutional and that the only reason left-wing parties support the initiative was to expand their own potential electorate to non-EU citizens in Germany as the number of foreigners increases.Marvin Oppong (19 January 2008), [http://www.dw.de/germany-mulls-extending-voting-rights-to-foreigners/a-3076444-1 Germany Mulls Extending Voting Rights to Foreigners] Deutsche Welle. demanding adjustments to Europe's border-free travel regime, the Schengen Agreement, to allow the re-introduction of border checks under specified conditions.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} Since 2005, Uhl served as Deputy Chairman of the German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group.

In the context of the 2013 global surveillance disclosures, German news magazine Focus cited Uhl as saying that U.S. contracting companies such as Cisco Systems, which manages much of the German armed forces' data, needed to be required by contract not to pass sensitive material to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).Michelle Martin (21 December 2013), [http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-spying-idUKBRE9BK07W20131221 Germany should ban U.S. contracting companies passing data to NSA - report]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Reuters. At the same time, Uhl was a longstanding supporter of using telecommunications data retention by German authorities in order to monitor internet traffic and telephone conversations. With regard to control of internet pages, Uhl referred to China as an example in 2009.Jeanette Seiffert (8 April 2014), [http://www.dw.de/the-eus-ongoing-battle-over-data-retention/a-17549739 The EU's ongoing battle over data retention] Deutsche Welle.[http://www.dw.de/european-politicians-listed-as-possible-targets-by-norwegian-gunman/a-15264111 European politicians listed as possible targets by Norwegian gunman] Deutsche Welle, 25 July 2011.

Following the 2013 federal elections, Uhl was part of the CDU/CSU team in the negotiations with the SPD on a coalition agreement.

From 2014, Uhl was a member of the parliament's Council of Elders, which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigning committee chairpersons based on party representation. He also served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Sub-Committee for Civilian Crisis Prevention as well as on the Committee for the Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure. In addition, he represented his parliamentary group in a crossparty committee headed by former defense minister Volker Rühe to review the country's parliamentary rules on military deployments.Jan Techau (17 June 2014), [http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=55928 Germany’s Budding Defense Debate] Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

• German European Security Association, member of the political advisory boardMarita Neher: [https://books.google.com/books?id=0AVsAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT122 Albtraum Sicherheit: Interessen und Geschäfte hinter der Sicherheitspolitik] (in German) S. Fischer Verlag, 2013, p. 122

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