{{short description|Austrian politician (born 1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|MEP}} | image = 1718281849271 20240612 HEIDE Hannes AT 008.jpg | caption = | constituency_MP = [[Austria (European Parliament constituency)|Austria]] | term_start = [[2019 European Parliament election in Austria|2 July 2019]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |publisher=European Parliament |access-date=28 May 2019 |language=en |date=20 May 2017 |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525003255/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702|publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 May 2019 |language=en |date=22 May 2017}}</ref> | term_end = | parliament = European | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|10|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Bad Ischl]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | party = '''''{{flag|Austria|name=Austrian}}'''''<br>[[Social Democratic Party of Austria]]<br>'''''{{flag|EU}}'''''<br>[[Party of European Socialists]] | occupation = | profession = | website = }} '''Hannes Heide''' (born 17 October 1966) is an Austrian politician who was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] in [[2019 European Parliament election in Austria|2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/politik/aussenpolitik/5635851/|title=Die Neuen im EU-Parlament: EU-Wahl: Strache müsste bis 2. Juli auf Mandat verzichten|date=2019-05-28|website=www.kleinezeitung.at|language=de|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref>
==Political career== In parliament, Heide has been serving on the [[Committee on Culture and Education]] since 2019. In 2022, he joined the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of [[Pegasus (spyware)|Pegasus]] and equivalent surveillance [[spyware]].<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sedcms/documents/PRIORITY_INFO/558/Composition%20nominative%20des%20commissions%20PEGA%20COVI%20ING2_24.03.2022_EN.pdf Members of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware] [[European Parliament]].</ref><ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220321IPR25923/parliament-names-meps-to-sit-on-three-new-committees Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees] [[European Parliament]], press release of 24 March 2022.</ref> Since 2024 Heide is a vice-chair of [[AJC Transatlantic Institute|AJC]] Transatlantic Friends of Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-29 |title=Hannes Heide |url=https://transatlanticinstitute.org/profile/hannes-heide |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=AJC Transatlantic Institute |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=TFI Members |url=https://transatlanticinstitute.org/transatlantic-friends-israel/members |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=AJC Transatlantic Institute |language=en |quote=Vice-Chair Hannes Heide}}</ref>
In addition to his committee assignments, Heide has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the [[ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly]].<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197682/HANNES_HEIDE/home Hannes Heide] [[European Parliament]].</ref> <!-- need source: He was mayor of [[Bad Ischl]]. --> He is also a member of the URBAN Intergroup<ref>[http://urban-intergroup.eu/members/ Members] URBAN Intergroup.</ref> and the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-western-sahara.pdf Intergroup on Western Sahara] [[European Parliament]].</ref>
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