Jürgen Martens (born 3 August 1959) is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony since 2017.[1]
Early life and education
Martens was born in Munich, Bavaria. After completing his community service, he began studying law at the University of Freiburg and completed his studies in 1986 with the 1st state examination. This was followed by a traineeship during which he worked, among other things, at the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg, the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg and in 1987/88 at the Directorate-General for Agriculture/Fraud Prevention of the European Commission in Brussels. After the 2nd state examination, Martens was admitted to the bar in Lörrach in 1990.
Martens became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election. In parliament, he is a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection. He serves as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on legal affairs.[2] He is an alternate member of the Committee on the Election of Judges (Wahlausschuss), which is in charge of appointing judges to the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.
In addition to his committee assignments, Martens is part of the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since 2019, he has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.
