Education
After leaving school in 1991 he completed his military service, and then trained as a Bank Manager. He studied Business Administration in Vienna, Munich and Saarbrücken, gaining his diploma in 2000.
After leaving school in 1991 he completed his military service, and then trained as a Bank Manager. He studied Business Administration in Vienna, Munich and Saarbrücken, gaining his diploma in 2000.
He was from 10 November 2009 until 18 January 2012 the secretary to the Minister-president of Saarland and the Saarland Minister for the Economy and Science. 2006 he gained his pH d in Information Science from Saarland University. In 1992 Hartmann joined the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party). Initially he was involved in the Young Liberals, of which he was regional chair from 1997 to 1999.
After serving as General Secretary of the Saarland Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) from 1998 to 2002, he was elected Chairman of the regional party.
On 9 November 2010 he resigned this position. From 1999 he has served on the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) national board.
Elected Positions
Here he was at this time educational policy spokesman of the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) parliamentary group. He was the Saarland Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) representative in the Bundestag for eight years.
Hartmann resigned his seat in the national parliament, since he had been elected to the Regional Parliament of Saarland in 2004 where he served as chairman of the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) parliamentary group.
From 10 November 2009 to 18 January 2012 he was Minister of Economics and Science of Saarland and Deputy Prime Minister in the first Jamaica coalition at state level
Between 1996 until 2005 he was the Chairman of the Homburg local party of the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party).
From 2002 until his resignation on 1 November 2004, Hartmann was a member of the German National Parliament (Bundestag).