Hans-Peter Mayer (born 5 May 1944, in Riedlingen) is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for Lower Saxony from 1999 until 2014. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.
During his time in parliament, Mayer sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs and was a member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. He was also a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee.
Education 1975: Second state law examination Dr.jur 1975: utr 1990: PhD
Career since 1975: lawyer 1980-1990: professor of law and administration 1990-1991: rector of the Catholic Vocational College of North Germany 1991-1994: under-secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Technology, Saxony-Anhalt 1975-1980: municipal councillor in Bad Waldsee 1984-1991: chairman of Vechta district of Europa Union 1995-1999: land chairman of the economic council of the CDU of Saxony-Anhalt and the Federal Commission on European policy since 1995: chairman of the land specialist committee of the CDU of Oldenburg on development of the Weser-Ems region. 1999-2014: Member of the European Parliament
See also 2004 European Parliament election in Germany
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