Konstantin Kuhle

Kuhle grew up in Eilensen and attended the Paul-Gerhardt-School in Dassel. After a year abroad in Ecuador, he graduated from high school in 2008 and subsequently worked as a civilian servant in a project for assisted living at the German Red Cross in Einbeck. In 2009 he began studying law at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and at the Sciences Po in Paris, which he completed with the first state examination in 2014. From 2009 to 2014 he was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation.

After his legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, Kuhle successfully passed the second state examination in April 2017. He worked as a lawyer in Hannover.

Kuhle has been a member of the Young Liberals since 2002 and has been a member of the FDP since 2005. From 2014 until 2018, he served as chairman of the Young Liberals.

Kuhle became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election.

In parliament, Kuhle was a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs from 2018 to 2021. He also served as his parliamentary group's spokesman for domestic policy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fdpbt.de/fraktion/fachpolitische-sprecher|title=Fachpolitische Sprecher|website=Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag|language=de|access-date=2020-03-15}} Since 2022, he has been a member of the Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence services BND, BfV and MAD.[https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2022/kw12-de-parl-kontrollgremium-885558 Bundestag setzt Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium ein] Bundestag, 24 March 2022. That same year, he joined the Commission for the Reform of the Electoral Law and the Modernization of Parliamentary Work, co-chaired by Johannes Fechner and Nina Warken.[https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2022/kw14-pa-wahlrechtskommission-konstituierung-887588 Fechner und Warken leiten Kommission zur Reform des Wahlrechts] Bundestag, press release of 7 April 2022.

In addition to his committee assignments, Kuhle was a member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 2018 to 2025.[https://pace.coe.int/en/members/7888/kuhle Konstantin Kuhle] Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In the Assembly, he served on the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media; the Sub-Committee on Integration; the Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport; and the Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People.

Kuhle was also part of a cross-party group in support of Schützenverein culture.Elena Eggert (15 November 2022), [https://rp-online.de/politik/deutschland/neuer-parlamentskreis-abgeordnete-unterstuetzen-schuetzen_aid-79964859 Schützenwesen hält Einzug im Bundestag Parlamentarier gründen Schützen-Kreis] Rheinische Post.

From 2021 to 2025, Kuhle served as one of six deputy chairpersons of the FDP parliamentary group under the leadership of its chairman Christian Dürr.[https://www.fdpbt.de/fdp-fraktion-wahl-fraktionsvorstands-und-vorsitzende-bundestagsausschuesse FDP-Fraktion: Wahl des Fraktionsvorstands und Vorsitzende Bundestagsausschüsse] FDP Parliamentary Group, press release of 7 December 2021).

From 2018 to 2023, Kuhle served as Secretary-General of the FDP in Lower Saxony, under the leadership of chairman Stefan Birkner. After the party's bad performance in the 2022 state elections, he succeeded Birkner.[https://www.hildesheimer-allgemeine.de/meldung/landesparteitag-in-hildesheim-fdp-waehlt-konstantin-kuhle-zum-neuen-parteichef.html Landesparteitag in Hildesheim: FDP wählt Konstantin Kuhle zum neuen Parteichef für Niedersachsen] Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung, 11 March 2023.

• Islamkolleg Deutschland (IKD), Member of the Board (since 2021)[https://www.islamkolleg.de/das-islamkolleg/ Board] Islamkolleg Deutschland (IKD).

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Kuhle joined forces with five other parliamentarians – Gyde Jensen, Andrew Ullmann, Dieter Janecek, Kordula Schulz-Asche and Paula Piechotta – on a cross-party initiative in 2022 to support legislation that would require all those who have not had yet been vaccinated to receive counselling before later requiring all adults above 50 years to be vaccinated.Severin Weiland (25 January 2022), [https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/impfpflicht-sechs-abgeordnete-von-fdp-und-gruenen-wollen-impfpflicht-ab-50-jahre-a-63f87866-ae25-4da4-9a89-bb4c2c67be4b Weiterer Gruppenantrag im Bundestag: Mehrere Abgeordnete von FDP und Grünen wollen Impfpflicht ab 50 Jahren] Der Spiegel.Riham Alkousaa (26 January 2022), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-covid-cases-hit-record-parliament-debates-vaccine-mandate-2022-01-26/ German lawmakers debate compulsory COVID shots as infections surge] Reuters.

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