Thomas Silberhorn
1987 to 1992 Law studies in Erlangen, Munich and Bayreuth; 1992 First State Law Examination; 1992 to 1994 Legal Trainee in Bamberg, Bayreuth, Paris and Brussels; 1993 to 1994 Research Assistant at the Chair of Public Law with a focus on European Law at the University of Bamberg; 1994 Second State Law Examination; 1994 to 2000 Research Assistant at the Chair of Public Law, in particular International and European Law at the University of Bayreuth.
Since 2002 Member of the Bamberg District Council; since 2002 Member of the German Bundestag; since 2005 Deputy District Chairman of the CSU Upper Franconia; 2009 to 2013 Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the Legal Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag; 2014 Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group for the Interior, Law and Consumer Protection; 2014 to 2018 Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development; 2018 to 2021 Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense.
Since 2002 Member of the Bamberg District Council; since 2002 Member of the German Bundestag; since 2005 Deputy District Chairman of the CSU Upper Franconia; 2009 to 2013 Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the Legal Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag; 2014 Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group for the Interior, Law and Consumer Protection; 2014 to 2018 Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development; 2018 to 2021 Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense.