Stefan Naas

Naas in 2021.

Stefan Naas (born 23 November 1973) is a German politician from the Free Democratic Party. From 2009 to 2018 he served as mayor of the city of Steinbach (Taunus). He has been a member of the Landtag of Hesse since January 2019.

Early life

Stefan Naas was born in Frankfurt and grew up in Steinbach (Taunus).[1]

After attending the local Geschwister-Scholl elementary school and graduating from the Altkönigschule [de] in Kronberg im Taunus in 1993, he first completed an apprenticeship at a bank.[2]

From 1995 to 2000 he studied law at the Goethe University Frankfurt.[2] He completed his second state exam at the same time as his doctorate in 2004.[2] The subject of the dissertation was the Prussian Police Administration Act [de].[3]

Until his election as mayor in Steinbach in 2009, Naas worked as a government councillor in the tax office in Frankfurt, and from 2006 to 2008 at the Hessian Ministry of Finance. From 2008 to 2009 he worked in the office of the Hessian Economics Minister Dieter Posch [de] as a parliamentary and cabinet secretary.

Political career

Naas was first elected to the local council in his hometown of Steinbach (Taunus) in 1993.[4]

In 2001, he was elected to the district council of the Hochtaunus district. In the Steinbach mayoral election in 2009, Naas prevailed in the run-off against his challenger Michael Dill (CDU) with 62.7%.[5] When he was re-elected in 2015, he received 87.1% of the vote.[6]

In the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority, he has been a member of the association chamber since 2007, was chairman of the FDP group from 2008 to 2011, chairman of the independent group from 2011 to 2018 and has served on the regional board since 2019.[4]

In the Hochtaunus district, Naas is the chairman of the district parliamentary group. In addition, he has chaired the Rhine-Main FDP district association since 2014. Since 1 November 2016, he has been the leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the State Welfare Association of Hesse [de].[4]

In the 2018 Hessian state election, Naas won a mandate as a member of the Landtag of Hesse in fourth place on the state list of the FDP. In his parliamentary group, he is spokesman for economic, industrial, labour market policy and housing, as well as spokesman for art and culture and spokesman for infrastructure.[7]

On 20 July 2022, he was nominated by the state executive of the FDP as the top candidate in the 2023 Hessian state election.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Unser Spitzenkandidat für Hessen 2023". FDP (in German). 5 May 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Dr. Stefan Naas". FDP Steinbach (Taunus) (in German). 18 March 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  3. ^ Die Entstehung des Preußischen Polizeiverwaltungsgesetzes von 1931. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Polizeirechts in der Weimarer Republik. Mohr Siebeck. 2003. ISBN 978-3-16-148120-8.
  4. ^ a b c "Dr. Stefan Naas". FDP-Fraktion im LWV Hessen (in German). 11 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Klarer Sieg für Stefan Naas". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 27 January 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Stefan Naas (FDP) holt 87,1 Prozent". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). 17 December 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Dr. Stefan Naas | Hessischer Landtag". hessischer-landtag.de. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. ^ hessenschau de, Frankfurt Germany (19 July 2022). "Hessen-FDP kürt Naas zum neuen Spitzenkandidaten" (in German). Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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