Andreas Hollstein

Dr. Andreas Hollstein studied Law and earned his PhD at the University of Bonn. From 1993 until 1995, he worked for the Head of Division at the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania. After this, he worked as a Research Assistant of Wolfgang Lohmann MP and in the CDU/CSU fraction in the German Bundestag in the areas of social welfare and the benefits act for asylum seekers. He became Honorary 1st Deputy Mayor of his hometown Altena in 1994. He has been Mayor of the City of Altena since 1999. In 2017, he and the city of Altena were awarded with the first National Integration Prize from Chancellor Angela Merkel. In 2018, he was one of the four regional finalists for the Nansen Refugee Award.