Patrick Breyer

Patrick Breyer
Patrick Breyer in 2019

Member of the European Parliament for Germany
In office 2 July 2019 – 16 July 2024
Member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
In office 6 May 2012 – 6 May 2017

Personal details
Born	Patrick Olaf Breyer (1977-04-29) 29 April 1977 Frankfurt am Main, West Germany
Political party	Germany: Pirate Party Germany EU Party: European Pirate Party EU Parliament group: Greens/EFA

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Patrick Breyer (born 29 April 1977) is a German digital rights activist, jurist, Pirate Party Germany politician, and from 2019 to 2024, Member of the European Parliament (MEP). From 2012 to 2017 he was a member of the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein and from April 2016 until the end of the legislative period he was also the leader of the Pirate group in that assembly. Breyer was one of four European Pirate Party MEPs in the 2019–2024 term along with three Czech Pirate Party members, all of whom are members of the Greens / EFA parliamentary group.