Thomas Feist

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Thomas Wolfgang Feist, born on April 8, 1965 in Leipzig, is a German politician with the CDU, as well as a musicologist and cultural scientist. He worked as an advisor on culture, intercultural work and music for the Evangelical Church in Saxony and led the Federal Association for Cultural Work in the Evangelical Youth Movement (BKA). In 2009 he won a direct seat in the Bundestag for Leipzig II. In parliament he served on the Education, Research and Technology Assessment Committee and the Subcommittee on Foreign Cultural and Educational Policy, and he took part in the Petition and Foreign Relations committees. He also belonged to international groups such as the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the European Assembly for Security and Defence, and the Western European Union, and he participated in the German-Israeli and German-Iranian parliamentary friendship groups. In 2017 he lost his seat to Sören Pellmann of Die Linke. He currently serves as the Saxon appointee for Jewish everyday life.