Hans-Peter Uhl
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Hans-Peter Uhl is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria
. Since 2005, he has served as spokesman for interior policy of the CDU/CSU
faction in the Bundestag
.
After a two-year military service 1964–1966, he studied law, and earned a doctoral degree at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1974. He subsequently joined the civil service of Bavaria
. In 1998, he was licenced as an attorney. He is married and has four sons.
Uhl became a member of the CSU in 1970. He was elected to the German Parliament, the Bundestag
, in 1998, representing the constituency of West Munich
, and was reelected in 2002, 2005 and 2009. He chaired the parliamentary committee investigating the German Visa Affair 2005
. Since 2005, he has been spokesman for interior policy of the CDU/CSU
faction.
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
The Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany...
. Since 2005, he has served as spokesman for interior policy of the CDU/CSU
CDU/CSU
CDU/CSU, unofficially also referred to as the Union parties or the Union, is the name of the Bundestag parliamentary faction comprising the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria , considered to be sister parties...
faction in the Bundestag
Bundestag
The Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
.
After a two-year military service 1964–1966, he studied law, and earned a doctoral degree at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1974. He subsequently joined the civil service of Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
. In 1998, he was licenced as an attorney. He is married and has four sons.
Uhl became a member of the CSU in 1970. He was elected to the German Parliament, the Bundestag
Bundestag
The Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
, in 1998, representing the constituency of West Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, and was reelected in 2002, 2005 and 2009. He chaired the parliamentary committee investigating the German Visa Affair 2005
German Visa Affair 2005
The visa affair is the name given by German press to the controversy which arose in early 2005 over a change in the procedure for issuing visas to foreign nationals seeking to enter Germany from non-EU, Eastern European states...
. Since 2005, he has been spokesman for interior policy of the CDU/CSU
CDU/CSU
CDU/CSU, unofficially also referred to as the Union parties or the Union, is the name of the Bundestag parliamentary faction comprising the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria , considered to be sister parties...
faction.