Born in Baden-Baden to a British father and German mother,[1] Whittaker completed his Abitur at the Markgraf-Ludwig-Gymnasium in 2004. Following his Zivildienst, he studied Economics and Management at the University of Bristol, graduating in 2008.[1] After a year working for Leoni AG, Whittaker then pursued a master's degree in European Political Economy at the London School of Economics, graduating in 2010.[1] Between 2011 and 2013, he worked for Herrenknecht.
Political career
Whittaker was directly elected to the Bundestag in 2013 with 53.5% of the vote in the Rastatt district.[3] He has since been a member of the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs, serving as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on public procurement, social welfare and the effects of digitization of work.[4] In 2018, he also joined the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Sustainable Development.
Positions
In June 2017, Whittaker voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[5][6]
