11 Facts About Mark Hauptmann

Mark Lars Carsten Hauptmann was born on 29 April 1984 and was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 2013 until 2021.

Mark Hauptmann worked at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's office in Beijing, China, as well as the Thuringia's State Ministry of Transportation, Construction and Economic Development.

Mark Hauptmann is a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany.

In 1999 Mark Hauptmann joined the youth organization of the Christian Democratic Union, the Young Union.

Mark Hauptmann was chairman of the permanent workshop on European and International Affairs.

Mark Hauptmann was unanimously elected CDU direct candidate for the constituency 197 for the 2013 German elections.

Mark Hauptmann was a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy as well as member of its Subcommittee on Regional Economic Policy and ERP Economic Plans.

Mark Hauptmann was furthermore a deputy member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the German delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly as well as member of the Subcommittee on Civil Crisis Prevention, Conflict Management, and Coordinated Response.

Shortly after the Der Spiegel story, Mark Hauptmann resigned from his parliamentary seat.

Mark Hauptmann claimed that he did nothing wrong but decided to step down to protect his fiancee and children from public harassment.

In June 2017, Mark Hauptmann voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.